AMD Radeon R9 380X vs AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 380X 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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 R9 380X

AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380X

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 97% lower typical power consumption: 190 Watt vs 375 Watt
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6163 vs 5214
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 671 vs 658

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 November 2015 vs 24 April 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt vs 375 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6163 vs 5214
PassMark - G2D Mark	671 vs 658

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 970 MHz
17.1x more texture fill rate: 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 124.2 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 2048
2.1x better floating-point performance: 2x 4,096 gflops vs 3,973 gflops
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 2x 3 GB vs 4 GB
6.2x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 970 MHz

Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 970 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 124.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 2048
Floating-point performance	2x 4,096 gflops vs 3,973 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 3 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 970 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 380X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6163

5214

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

671

658

Name	AMD Radeon R9 380X	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	6163	5214
PassMark - G2D Mark	671	658
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3053
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 R9 380X	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Antigua	Malta
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	19 November 2015	24 April 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$999
Place in performance rating	325	326
Price now	$528.44
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	15.61
Technical info
Boost clock speed	970 MHz	1000 MHz
Compute units	32
Floating-point performance	3,973 gflops	2x 4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	2x 2048
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	124.2 GTexel / s	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt	375 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	4,313 million
Core clock speed		950 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays	6
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	221 mm	307 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth	182.4 GB/s	2x 288.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed	970 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore