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Graphics card overview

Radeon HD 7990

AMD

Radeon HD 7990

3072 Mb GDDR5 Released 24 Apr 2013 DESKTOP
Radeon HD 7990

Core configuration

GPUMalta
ArchitectureAMD_GCN_1_0
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs2048 : 128 : 32
Raytracing Coresnone
Performance7782.00 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size3072 Mb
Memory Bus Width384 bit x2
Memory Speed1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth576.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon HD 7990 is a graphics card released by AMD on 24 Apr 2013. The graphics card houses the Malta die, based on the AMD_GCN_1_0 architecture which packs 4,313 million transistors on a 28 nm, 365 mm² die.

Radeon HD 7990 pros and cons

  • Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
  • Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
  • Supports Mantle
  • Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Specifications

Compared to similar performing cards
Radeon HD 7990 Radeon HD 7990 GeForce GTX 780 Ti GeForce GTX 780 Ti Compare Radeon R9 290 Radeon R9 290 Compare Radeon R9 290X Radeon R9 290X Compare GeForce GTX TITAN GeForce GTX TITAN Compare
Shader units 2048 2880 2560 2816 2688
ROPs 32 48 64 64 48
Graphics processor Malta GK110B Hawaii Hawaii GK110
Process size 28 nm 28 nm 28 nm 28 nm 28 nm
Memory 3072 Mb GDDR5 (1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective)		 3072 Mb GDDR5 (1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR5 (1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR5 (1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective)		 6144 Mb GDDR5 (1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective)
Memory bus width 384 bit x2 384 bit 512 bit 512 bit 384 bit
Memory bandwidth 576.00 Gb/s 336.00 Gb/s 320.00 Gb/s 320.00 Gb/s 288.00 Gb/s
Release date 24 Apr 2013 7 Nov 2013 5 Nov 2013 24 Oct 2013 19 Feb 2013

Benchmarks

Hitman Absolution

  • Radeon R9 290X 80
  • Radeon R9 290 80
  • Radeon HD 7990 79
  • GeForce GTX TITAN 66
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti 65

FPS (higher is better)

Bioshock Infinite

  • Radeon HD 7990 122
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti 112
  • GeForce GTX TITAN 101
  • Radeon R9 290X 95
  • Radeon R9 290 90

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield 4

  • Radeon HD 7990 128
  • Radeon R9 290X 92
  • Radeon R9 290 89
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti 87
  • GeForce GTX TITAN 81

FPS (higher is better)

Metro Last Light

  • Radeon HD 7990 71
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti 70
  • Radeon R9 290X 67
  • GeForce GTX TITAN 67
  • Radeon R9 290 63

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 3

  • Radeon HD 7990 79
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti 62
  • GeForce GTX TITAN 61
  • Radeon R9 290X 55
  • Radeon R9 290 53

FPS (higher is better)