Radeon R1E Mobile Graphics vs HD 7990
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 360 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.51 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 2.68 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) |
| GPU code name | Malta | Beema |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 24 April 2013 (11 years ago) | 23 February 2016 (8 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 cores | 2048 | 64 |
| Core clock speed | 950 MHz | 497 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,313 million | 930 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 375 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 128.0 | 3.976 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.096 TFLOPS | 0.06362 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 4 |
| TMUs | 128 | 8 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | IGP |
| Length | 307 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | no data |
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 type | GDDR5 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 288.0 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
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 Connectors | 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort | Portable Device Dependent |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.5 (6.0) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2.170 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 24 April 2013 | 23 February 2016 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 375 Watt | 15 Watt |
R1E Mobile Graphics has an age advantage of 2 years, and 2400% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7990 and Radeon R1E Mobile Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 7990 is a desktop card while Radeon R1E Mobile Graphics is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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