AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro CX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM and NVIDIA Quadro CX 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

NVIDIA Quadro CX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 58% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 602 MHz
55.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 38.5 GTexel / s
21.3x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 192
17.7x better floating-point performance: 2x 4,096 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 3 GB vs 1536 MB
3.8x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 658 vs 454
5.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5214 vs 947

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 April 2013 vs 11 November 2008
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 602 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 38.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 192
Floating-point performance	2x 4,096 gflops vs 462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 3 GB vs 1536 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	658 vs 454
PassMark - G3D Mark	5214 vs 947

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro CX

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 375 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 375 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro CX

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

658

454

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5214

947

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro CX
PassMark - G2D Mark	658	454
PassMark - G3D Mark	5214	947
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	NVIDIA Quadro CX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Malta	GT200B
Launch date	24 April 2013	11 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	$1,999
Place in performance rating	324	323
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Price now		$149.95
Value for money (0-100)		8.20
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	950 MHz	602 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 4,096 gflops	462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2x 2048	192
Texture fill rate	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	38.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	375 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	1,400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	307 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 3 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 288.0 GB / s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 384 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3