Radeon HD 8990 OEM vs GeForce 8800M GTS

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1166not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.39no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameG92Malta
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 November 2007 (17 years ago)24 April 2013 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$999

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 cores642048 ×2
Core clock speed500 MHz950 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1000 MHz
Number of transistors754 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt375 Watt
Texture fill rate16.00128.0 ×2
Floating-point processing power0.16 TFLOPS4.096 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs1632 ×2
TMUs32128 ×2
L1 Cacheno data512 KB
L2 Cache64 KB768 KB

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-HEPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data307 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB3 GB ×2
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed800 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s288.0 GB/s ×2
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 November 2007 24 April 2013
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 3 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 375 Watt

8800M GTS has 650% lower power consumption.

HD 8990 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8800M GTS and Radeon HD 8990 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8800M GTS is a notebook graphics card while Radeon HD 8990 OEM is a desktop one.

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NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
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