Radeon E8950 vs HD 7990

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7990 with Radeon E8950, including specs and performance data.

HD 7990
2013
3 GB GDDR5, 375 Watt
14.44
+1.9%

HD 7990 outperforms E8950 by a minimal 2% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking362369
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.51no data
Power efficiency2.6410.23
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameMaltaAmethyst
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date24 April 2013 (11 years ago)29 September 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 no data

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 cores20482048
Core clock speed950 MHz735 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz1000 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)375 Watt95 Watt
Texture fill rate128.0128.0
Floating-point processing power4.096 TFLOPS4.096 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs128128

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 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length307 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinNone

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 GB8 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s192.0 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-DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.3
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.44 14.17
Recency 24 April 2013 29 September 2015
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 375 Watt 95 Watt

HD 7990 has a 1.9% higher aggregate performance score.

Radeon E8950, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 294.7% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Radeon HD 7990 and Radeon E8950.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7990 is a desktop card while Radeon E8950 is a notebook one.


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