A10G vs Radeon HD 8990 OEM

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated201
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data15.69
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameMaltaGA102
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date24 April 2013 (12 years ago)12 April 2021 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 no data

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 cores2048 ×29216
Core clock speed950 MHz1320 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz1710 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)375 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate128.0 ×2492.5
Floating-point processing power4.096 TFLOPS ×231.52 TFLOPS
ROPs32 ×296
TMUs128 ×2288
Tensor Coresno data288
Ray Tracing Coresno data72
L1 Cache512 KB9 MB
L2 Cache768 KB6 MB

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length307 mm267 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin8-pin EPS

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount3 GB ×212 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit ×2384 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1563 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s ×2600.2 GB/s
Resizable BAR-+

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 Connectors1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA-8.6
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 April 2013 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 375 Watt 150 Watt

A10G has an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8990 OEM and A10G. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8990 OEM is a desktop graphics card while A10G is a workstation one.

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