AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM and NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP 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 FX 370 LP

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 76% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 540 MHz
492.6x more texture fill rate: 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.32 GTexel / s
512x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 8
474.1x better floating-point performance: 2x 4,096 gflops vs 17.28 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
24x more maximum memory size: 2x 3 GB vs 256 MB
6x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 658 vs 481
48.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5214 vs 108

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	24 April 2013 vs 6 November 2008
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 8
Floating-point performance	2x 4,096 gflops vs 17.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 3 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	658 vs 481
PassMark - G3D Mark	5214 vs 108

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP

15x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 375 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 375 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

658

481

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5214

108

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 LP
PassMark - G2D Mark	658	481
PassMark - G3D Mark	5214	108
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 FX 370 LP
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Malta	G98
Launch date	24 April 2013	6 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	$129
Place in performance rating	326	328
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	950 MHz	540 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 4,096 gflops	17.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2x 2048	8
Texture fill rate	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	375 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	307 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 3 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 288.0 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2