AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT vs AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 19% higher core clock speed: 1130 MHz vs 950 MHz
Around 56% higher boost clock speed: 1560 MHz vs 1000 MHz
105.5x more texture fill rate: 224.6 GTexel/s vs 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 375 Watt
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13688 vs 5214
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 881 vs 658
4.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 207.909 vs 44.481
Around 79% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3560.776 vs 1984.655
2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 20.486 vs 8.536
Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 148.938 vs 125.504
2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1111.648 vs 470.237

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 Jan 2020 vs 24 April 2013
Core clock speed	1130 MHz vs 950 MHz
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	224.6 GTexel/s vs 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 375 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13688 vs 5214
PassMark - G2D Mark	881 vs 658
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	207.909 vs 44.481
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3560.776 vs 1984.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	20.486 vs 8.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	148.938 vs 125.504
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1111.648 vs 470.237

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Around 78% higher pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 2304
4x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)

Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 2304
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13688

5214

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

881

658

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

207.909

44.481

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

3560.776

1984.655

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

20.486

8.536

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

148.938

125.504

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1111.648

470.237

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	13688	5214
PassMark - G2D Mark	881	658
Geekbench - OpenCL	64853
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	207.909	44.481
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3560.776	1984.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	20.486	8.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	148.938	125.504
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1111.648	470.237
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13621
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13621
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7710

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Navi 10 XLE	Malta
Launch date	21 Jan 2020	24 April 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$279	$999
Place in performance rating	193	320
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz	1000 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1130 MHz	950 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	449.3 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	14.38 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.188 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304	2x 2048
Pixel fill rate	99.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	224.6 GTexel/s	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	375 Watt
Transistor count	10300 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		2x 4,096 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort count	3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	10.5 inches (267 mm)	307 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
Width	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	2x 288.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5