AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH vs AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH 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, 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, 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 Vega M GH

AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 12% higher core clock speed: 1063 MHz vs 950 MHz
Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 1190 MHz vs 1000 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
3.8x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 375 Watt
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6586 vs 5214
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 779 vs 658

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2018 vs 24 April 2013
Core clock speed	1063 MHz vs 950 MHz
Boost clock speed	1190 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 375 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6586 vs 5214
PassMark - G2D Mark	779 vs 658

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

18.6x more texture fill rate: 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 114.2 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 1536
2.2x better floating-point performance: 2x 4,096 gflops vs 3,656 gflops
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 2x 3 GB vs 4 GB
3.8x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Texture fill rate	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 114.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 1536
Floating-point performance	2x 4,096 gflops vs 3,656 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 3 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6586

5214

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

779

658

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	6586	5214
PassMark - G2D Mark	779	658
Geekbench - OpenCL	27114
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8931
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8931
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2911
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 Vega M GH	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Polaris 22	Malta
Launch date	1 February 2018	24 April 2013
Place in performance rating	332	334
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1190 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	1063 MHz	950 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,656 gflops	2x 4,096 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1536	2x 2048
Texture fill rate	114.2 GTexel / s	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	375 Watt
Transistor count		4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		307 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth	204.8 GB / s	2x 288.0 GB / s
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Memory bus width		2x 384 Bit