FirePro W9000 X2 vs Radeon HD 7990

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking362not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.51no data
Power efficiency2.64no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameMaltaTahiti
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date24 April 2013 (11 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$999 $3,599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores20481792
Core clock speed950 MHz825 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz950 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)375 Watt375 Watt
Texture fill rate128.0106.4
Floating-point processing power4.096 TFLOPS3.405 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs128112

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length307 mm305 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin2x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount3 GB3 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s240.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.2

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.16.5 (5.1)
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1 (1.2)
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.170

Pros & cons summary


We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7990 and FirePro W9000 X2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7990 is a desktop card while FirePro W9000 X2 is a workstation one.


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