AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP vs AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 RX 460 1024SP

AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 1090 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
5x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 375 Watt
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 6000 MHz

Launch date	17 January 2017 vs 24 April 2013
Core clock speed	1090 MHz vs 950 MHz
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 375 Watt
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 6000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

27.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 76.8 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 1024
3.3x better floating-point performance: 2x 4,096 gflops vs 2,458 gflops
3x more maximum memory size: 2x 3 GB vs 2 GB

Texture fill rate	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 76.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 1024
Floating-point performance	2x 4,096 gflops vs 2,458 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 3 GB vs 2 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Name	AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
Geekbench - OpenCL	65257
PassMark - G2D Mark		658
PassMark - G3D Mark		5214
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 RX 460 1024SP	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Baffin	Malta
Launch date	17 January 2017	24 April 2013
Place in performance rating	319	320
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	1090 MHz	950 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,458 gflops	2x 4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	2x 2048
Texture fill rate	76.8 GTexel / s	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	375 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	170 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	2 GB	2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB / s	2x 288.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5