NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q 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).

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q

AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 22% higher boost clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 1000 MHz
82.2x more texture fill rate: 175.0 GTexel/s vs 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
6.3x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 375 Watt
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8255 vs 5214
5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 220.867 vs 44.481
Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2046.214 vs 1984.655
Around 88% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 16.026 vs 8.536
Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 645.647 vs 470.237

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 May 2019 vs 24 April 2013
Boost clock speed	1215 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	175.0 GTexel/s vs 2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 375 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8255 vs 5214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	220.867 vs 44.481
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2046.214 vs 1984.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	16.026 vs 8.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	645.647 vs 470.237

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Around 58% higher core clock speed: 950 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 78% higher pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 2304
Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 658 vs 341
Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 125.504 vs 94.532

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	950 MHz vs 600 MHz
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 2304
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	658 vs 341
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	125.504 vs 94.532

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8255

5214

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

341

658

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

220.867

44.481

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

2046.214

1984.655

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

16.026

8.536

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

94.532

125.504

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

645.647

470.237

Name	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	8255	5214
PassMark - G2D Mark	341	658
Geekbench - OpenCL	68305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	220.867	44.481
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2046.214	1984.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	16.026	8.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	94.532	125.504
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	645.647	470.237
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10140
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10140
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q	AMD Radeon HD 8990 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 1.0
Code name	TU106	Malta
Launch date	27 May 2019	24 April 2013
Place in performance rating	337	334
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1215 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	600 MHz	950 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	175.0 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	11.20 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.599 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304	2x 2048
Pixel fill rate	77.76 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	175.0 GTexel/s	2x 128.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	375 Watt
Transistor count	10800 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		2x 4,096 gflops
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
Supplementary power connectors	None
Width	IGP
Length		307 mm
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s	2x 288.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	2x 384 Bit
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Memory clock speed		6000 MHz