NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile vs AMD Radeon HD 7990

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Combined performance score

HD 7990
14.36

Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 7990 by 82% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking332190
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money1.616.16
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameMaltaN19E-Q1
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date24 April 2013 (10 years old)27 May 2019 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 no data
Current price$486 (0.5x MSRP)$2393
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 3000 Mobile has 283% better value for money than HD 7990.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores20481920
Core clock speed950 MHz945 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz1380 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)375 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate128.0198.7
Floating-point performance2x 4,096 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 7990 and Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length307 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinno data

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount3 GB6 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed6000 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

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
G-SYNC supportno data+

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Readyno data+

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDAno data7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD 7990 14.36
RTX 3000 Mobile 26.10
+81.8%

Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 7990 by 82% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

HD 7990 5565
RTX 3000 Mobile 10116
+81.8%

Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 7990 by 82% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

HD 7990 15540
+4.7%
RTX 3000 Mobile 14842

Radeon HD 7990 outperforms Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile by 5% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD50−55
−90%
95
+90%
4K45−50
−95.6%
88
+95.6%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 14.36 26.10
Recency 24 April 2013 27 May 2019
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 375 Watt 80 Watt

The Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7990 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7990 is a desktop card while Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile is a mobile workstation 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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