AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM vs ATI FireGL V7600

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM and ATI FireGL V7600 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

ATI FireGL V7600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 58% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 600 MHz
295.6x more texture fill rate: 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 7.2 GTexel / s
17.1x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 240
28.4x better floating-point performance: 2x 4,096 gflops vs 288 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 2x 3 GB vs 512 MB
3.8x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 658 vs 488
8.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5214 vs 616

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 April 2013 vs 6 November 2007
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 7.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 240
Floating-point performance	2x 4,096 gflops vs 288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 3 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	658 vs 488
PassMark - G3D Mark	5214 vs 616

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V7600

3x lower typical power consumption: 127 Watt vs 375 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	127 Watt vs 375 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V7600

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

658

488

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5214

616

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM	ATI FireGL V7600
PassMark - G2D Mark	658	488
PassMark - G3D Mark	5214	616
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	44.481
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1984.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	125.504
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	470.237

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM	ATI FireGL V7600
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Malta	R600
Launch date	24 April 2013	6 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	$999
Place in performance rating	327	326
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	950 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 4,096 gflops	288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	2x 2048	240
Texture fill rate	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	7.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	375 Watt	127 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	307 mm	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 3 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 288.0 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3