AMD Radeon Pro 580 vs AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 580 and AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon Pro 580

AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 580

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 950 MHz
Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 375 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 3 GB
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 6780 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7753 vs 5214
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 943 vs 658
2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 109.521 vs 44.481
Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.88 vs 8.536
Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 511.984 vs 470.237

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 June 2017 vs 24 April 2013
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 950 MHz
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 375 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 3 GB
Memory clock speed	6780 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7753 vs 5214
PassMark - G2D Mark	943 vs 658
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	109.521 vs 44.481
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.88 vs 8.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	511.984 vs 470.237

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

11x more texture fill rate: 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 193.0 GTexel / s
Around 78% higher pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 2304
Around 33% better floating-point performance: 2x 4,096 gflops vs 6,175 gflops
Around 64% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1984.655 vs 1206.829
Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 125.504 vs 117.944

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 193.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 2304
Floating-point performance	2x 4,096 gflops vs 6,175 gflops
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1984.655 vs 1206.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	125.504 vs 117.944

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 580
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7753

5214

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

943

658

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

109.521

44.481

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1206.829

1984.655

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9.88

8.536

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

117.944

125.504

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

511.984

470.237

Name	AMD Radeon Pro 580	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	7753	5214
PassMark - G2D Mark	943	658
Geekbench - OpenCL	40271
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	109.521	44.481
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1206.829	1984.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	9.88	8.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	117.944	125.504
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	511.984	470.237
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2900
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro 580	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Polaris 20	Malta
Launch date	5 June 2017	24 April 2013
Place in performance rating	330	332
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	950 MHz
Floating-point performance	6,175 gflops	2x 4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2304	2x 2048
Texture fill rate	193.0 GTexel / s	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	375 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	307 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB / s	2x 288.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed	6780 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5