AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM vs ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM and ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View 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 FirePro 2460 Multi-View

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 90% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 500 MHz
532x more texture fill rate: 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4 GTexel / s
51.2x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 80
102.4x better floating-point performance: 2x 4,096 gflops vs 80 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 2x 3 GB vs 512 MB
6x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 658 vs 352
30.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5214 vs 170

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 April 2013 vs 1 April 2010
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 80
Floating-point performance	2x 4,096 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 3 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	658 vs 352
PassMark - G3D Mark	5214 vs 170

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View

22.1x lower typical power consumption: 17 Watt vs 375 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt vs 375 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
GPU 2: ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

658

352

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5214

170

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM	ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View
PassMark - G2D Mark	658	352
PassMark - G3D Mark	5214	170
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 FirePro 2460 Multi-View
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Malta	Cedar
Launch date	24 April 2013	1 April 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$999
Place in performance rating	320	446
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	950 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 4,096 gflops	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2x 2048	80
Texture fill rate	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	375 Watt	17 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	292 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort	4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	307 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 3 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 288.0 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3