3D Rage LT PRO AGP vs Radeon HD 8990 OEM

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	no data
GPU code name	Malta	Rage LT
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	24 April 2013 (11 years ago)	1 November 1997 (26 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	no data
Current price	no data	$96

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 cores	2048	no data
Core clock speed	950 MHz	75 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	4,313 million	8 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	350 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	375 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	128.0	0.08
Floating-point performance	2x 4,096 gflops	no data

Size and 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	AGP 2x
Length	307 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None

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 type	GDDR5	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	8 MB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	100 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	800 MB/s

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 Connectors

1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort

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API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	6.0
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.1
OpenCL	1.2	None
Vulkan	1.2.131	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	24 April 2013	1 November 1997
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	8 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	350 nm

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