AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM vs ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM and ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition 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 Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 46% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 650 MHz
204.6x more texture fill rate: 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 10.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 2x 3 GB vs 512 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 658 vs 466
34.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5214 vs 151

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 April 2013 vs 10 September 2006
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 10.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 3 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	658 vs 466
PassMark - G3D Mark	5214 vs 151

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

658

466

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5214

151

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM	ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G2D Mark	658	466
PassMark - G3D Mark	5214	151
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 Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	R500
Code name	Malta	R580+
Launch date	24 April 2013	10 September 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$999
Place in performance rating	334	331
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	950 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2x 2048
Texture fill rate	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	10.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	375 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	384 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
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 3 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 288.0 GB / s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4