AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM vs ATI FirePro V5700

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM and ATI FirePro V5700 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 V5700

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 36% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 700 MHz
95x more texture fill rate: 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 22.4 GTexel / s
12.8x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 320
18.3x better floating-point performance: 2x 4,096 gflops vs 448.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 2x 3 GB vs 512 MB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 658 vs 469
11.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5214 vs 465

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 April 2013 vs 8 August 2008
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 22.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2x 4,096 gflops vs 448.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 3 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	658 vs 469
PassMark - G3D Mark	5214 vs 465

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V5700

6.7x lower typical power consumption: 56 Watt vs 375 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	56 Watt vs 375 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V5700

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

658

469

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5214

465

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM	ATI FirePro V5700
PassMark - G2D Mark	658	469
PassMark - G3D Mark	5214	465
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 V5700
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Malta	RV730
Launch date	24 April 2013	8 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	$599
Place in performance rating	320	317
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	950 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 4,096 gflops	448.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2x 2048	320
Texture fill rate	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	22.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	375 Watt	56 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	514 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	307 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 3 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 288.0 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3