Radeon HD 8990 OEM vs Quadro FX 580
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1307 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.01 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 0.83 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | G96C | Malta |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 9 April 2009 (16 years ago) | 24 April 2013 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | $999 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 32 | 2048 ×2 |
| Core clock speed | 450 MHz | 950 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1000 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 314 million | 4,313 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 375 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 7.200 | 128.0 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.072 TFLOPS | 4.096 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | 8 | 32 ×2 |
| TMUs | 16 | 128 ×2 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 512 KB |
| L2 Cache | 32 KB | 768 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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 198 mm | 307 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 2x 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 type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 3 GB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 384 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 288.0 GB/s ×2 |
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 Connectors | 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 1.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 9 April 2009 | 24 April 2013 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 3 GB |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 375 Watt |
FX 580 has 837.5% lower power consumption.
HD 8990 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 580 and Radeon HD 8990 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro FX 580 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon HD 8990 OEM is a desktop one.
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