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AMD Radeon HD 7990

Graphics Processor
Malta x2
Cores
2048 x2
TMUs
128 x2
ROPs
32 x2
Memory Size
3 GB x2
Memory Type
GDDR5
Bus Width
384 bit x2
GPU Chip
GPU
I/O
I/O
Top
Top
Rear
Rear
PCB Front
PCB Front
PCB Back
PCB Back
The Radeon HD 7990 was an enthusiast-class graphics card by AMD, launched on April 24th, 2013. Built on the 28 nm process, and based on the Malta graphics processor, in its Malta XT variant, the card supports DirectX 12. Even though it supports DirectX 12, the feature level is only 11_1, which can be problematic with newer DirectX 12 titles. The Malta graphics processor is a large chip with a die area of 365 mm² and 4,313 million transistors. Radeon HD 7990 combines two graphics processors to increase performance. It features 2048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, and 32 ROPs, per GPU. AMD has paired 6 GB GDDR5 memory with the Radeon HD 7990, which are connected using a 384-bit memory interface per GPU (each GPU manages 3,072 MB). The GPU is operating at a frequency of 950 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1000 MHz, memory is running at 1500 MHz (6 Gbps effective).
Being a dual-slot card, the AMD Radeon HD 7990 draws power from 2x 8-pin power connectors, with power draw rated at 375 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.2. Radeon HD 7990 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card's dimensions are 304 mm x 106 mm x 38 mm, and it features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 999 US Dollars.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
Malta
GPU Variant
Malta XT
(215-0849026)
Architecture
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
28 nm
Transistors
4,313 million
Density
11.8M / mm²
Die Size
365 mm²

Graphics Card

Release Date
Apr 24th, 2013
Generation
Southern Islands
(HD 7900)
Predecessor
Northern Islands
Successor
Sea Islands
Production
End-of-life
Launch Price
999 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Reviews
37 in our database

Relative Performance

GeForce RTX 5090
970%
GeForce RTX 4090
740%
GeForce RTX 5080
639%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
571%
GeForce RTX 4080
566%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
566%
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
557%
Radeon RX 9070 XT
533%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
487%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
478%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
478%
Radeon RX 9070
477%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
437%
GeForce RTX 5070
433%
GeForce RTX 3090
426%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
421%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
407%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
401%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
395%
GeForce RTX 4070
389%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
385%
GeForce RTX 3080
379%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
378%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
365%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
338%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB
336%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
331%
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB
321%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
321%
Radeon RX 6800
310%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
308%
Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB
303%
GeForce RTX 3070
300%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
297%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
296%
GeForce RTX 5060
292%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
263%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
258%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
240%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
238%
GeForce RTX 4060
237%
Arc B580
236%
GeForce RTX 5050
230%
GeForce RTX 2080
229%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
224%
Radeon RX 7600
223%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
213%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
210%
Arc A770
210%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
202%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
200%
Radeon VII
199%
Arc A750
195%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
191%
GeForce RTX 2070
188%
Radeon RX 6600
179%
Arc A580
174%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
174%
Radeon RX Vega 64
167%
GeForce RTX 2060
161%
Radeon RX 5700
160%
GeForce GTX 1080
157%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
154%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
153%
Radeon RX Vega 56
145%
GeForce GTX 1070
140%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
133%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
133%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
126%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
125%
Radeon R9 FURY X
124%
GeForce GTX 1660
122%
Radeon RX 590
115%
Radeon R9 FURY
112%
GeForce GTX 980
111%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
110%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
109%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
108%
Radeon RX 580
107%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
104%
Radeon R9 390X
103%
GeForce GTX 690
101%
Radeon RX 480
100%
Radeon HD 7990
100%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
98%
GeForce GTX 970
96%
Radeon R9 290X
95%
Radeon R9 390
94%
Radeon RX 570
93%
Radeon R9 290
88%
Radeon RX 470
87%
GeForce GTX 1650
82%
Radeon RX 6400
80%
Arc A380
79%
GeForce GTX 780
79%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
71%
GeForce GTX 590
71%
Radeon R9 280X
70%
Radeon HD 6990
68%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
65%
GeForce GTX 680
64%
Radeon R9 380
63%
Radeon HD 7970
63%
GeForce GTX 770
63%
Radeon R9 285
62%
GeForce GTX 960
61%
GeForce GTX 670
59%
Radeon HD 5970
53%
GeForce GTX 1630
53%
Radeon HD 7950
52%
GeForce GTX 1050
52%
GeForce GTX 760
52%
GeForce GTX 580
52%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
52%
Radeon R9 270X
51%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
50%
GeForce GTX 950
49%
Radeon RX 560
46%
GeForce GTX 570
46%
GeForce GTX 660
46%
Radeon RX 460
45%
Radeon R7 370
45%
Radeon HD 6970
44%
GeForce GTX 480
42%
Radeon HD 7850
41%
GeForce GTX 295
40%
Radeon HD 6950
39%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
39%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
38%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
38%
Radeon HD 5870
37%
Radeon HD 6870
34%
GeForce GTX 470
33%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
32%
Radeon HD 5850
31%
GeForce GTX 285
29%
Radeon HD 6850
29%
GeForce GTX 280
27%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
27%
GeForce GTX 275
27%
GeForce GT 1030
26%
GeForce GTX 460
26%
Radeon HD 4890
25%
Radeon HD 6790
25%
Radeon HD 5830
23%
GeForce GTX 650
22%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
22%
Radeon HD 4870
22%
GeForce GTX 260
21%
Radeon HD 5770
21%
Radeon HD 7750
21%
Radeon HD 5750
18%
GeForce GTS 450
18%
GeForce GTS 250
17%
Radeon HD 4850
17%
Radeon HD 4770
16%
Radeon HD 4830
15%
Radeon HD 6670
14%
GeForce 9800 GT
14%
GeForce GT 640
13%
Radeon HD 5670
12%
GeForce 9600 GT
12%
GeForce GT 240
10%
GeForce GT 440
10%
Radeon HD 4670
10%
Radeon HD 5570
9%
GeForce GT 430
9%
GeForce GT 220
7%
GeForce GT 520
5%
Radeon HD 6450
5%
Radeon HD 5450
4%
Radeon HD 4550
3%
GeForce 9400 GT
3%
GeForce 210
2%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for RTX 3080 and faster.

Clock Speeds

Base Clock
950 MHz
Boost Clock
1000 MHz
Memory Clock
1500 MHz
6 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
3 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bus
384 bit
Bandwidth
288.0 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
2048
TMUs
128
ROPs
32
Compute Units
32
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
L2 Cache
768 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
32.00 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
128.0 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
4.096 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
1,024.0 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

Slot Width
Dual-slot
Length
304 mm
12 inches
Width
106 mm
4.2 inches
Height
38 mm
1.5 inches
TDP
375 W
Suggested PSU
750 W
Outputs
1x DVI
4x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power Connectors
2x 8-pin
Board Number
109-C47637-00A_02

Graphics Features

DirectX
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1 (1.2)
Vulkan
1.2.175
Shader Model
6.5 (5.1)

Card Notes

Reference HD 7990

Malta GPU Notes

Generation: Southern Islands
Desktop Variant: Tahiti / New Zealand
Graphics/Compute: GFX6 (gfx600)
Display Core Engine: 6.0
Unified Video Decoder: 3.2
Video Compression Engine: 1.0
CLRX: GCN 1.0

Exact same as Tahiti, just sorted for low leakage
Exact Transistor Count: 4,312,711,873

Latest Drivers:
Windows XP / 8:
Catalyst Software Suite 14.4

Windows Vista :
Catalyst Software Suite 13.12

Windows 7:
32-bit: Radeon Software: Adrenalin Edition 18.9.3
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1

Windows 8.1:
32-bit: Radeon Software: Crimson ReLive Edition 16.12.2 / 17.1.2
64-bit: Radeon Software: Crimson ReLive Edition 17.4.4 / 17.7.1

Windows 10:
32-bit: Radeon Software: Adrenalin Edition 18.9.3
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1

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Name GPU Clock Boost Clock Memory Clock Other Changes
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950 MHz 1000 MHz 1500 MHz
950 MHz 1000 MHz 1500 MHz
950 MHz 1000 MHz 1500 MHz
950 MHz 1000 MHz 1500 MHz
950 MHz 1000 MHz 1500 MHz
950 MHz 1000 MHz 1500 MHz 310 mm/12.2 inches, Triple-slot
950 MHz 1000 MHz 1500 MHz
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