AMD Radeon HD 7990
VS
AMD Radeon R7 265
AMD Radeon HD 7990
VS
AMD Radeon R7 265

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon HD 7990 and AMD Radeon R7 265. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

238
Place in performance rating
not rated
6.43
Value for money (0-100)
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GCN 1.0
Architecture
GCN 1.0
Malta
Code name
Pitcairn
Desktop
Type
Desktop
24 April 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
13 February 2014 (7 years ago)
$999
Launch price (MSRP)
$149
$1099 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
$600 (4x MSRP)
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Design
reference
2.55
Value for money
no data
Malta
GPU code name
Pitcairn
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon HD 7990 and AMD Radeon R7 265 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2048
Pipelines
1024
950 MHz
Core clock speed
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1000 MHz
Boost Clock
925 MHz
4,313 million
Transistor count
2,800 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
375 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
128.0
Texture fill rate
59.20
2x 4,096 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,894 gflops
2048
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
1000 MHz
Boost clock speed
925 MHz
4,313 million
Number of transistors
2,800 million
375 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
150 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon HD 7990 and AMD Radeon R7 265.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
307 mm
Length
210 mm
2x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon HD 7990 and AMD Radeon R7 265 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
6000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1400 MHz
288.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
179.2 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon HD 7990 and AMD Radeon R7 265, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
1
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HDMI
+
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DisplayPort support
-

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon HD 7990 and AMD Radeon R7 265 is the additional functionality.

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AppAcceleration
-
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CrossFire
1
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
-
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PowerTune
-
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TrueAudio
-
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ZeroCore
-
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DDMA audio
+
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Enduro
-

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon HD 7990 and AMD Radeon R7 265. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_1)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
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Shader Model
5.1
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OpenCL
1.2
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Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 7990 and AMD Radeon R7 265 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon HD 7990 or AMD Radeon R7 265 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7990
AMD Radeon R7 265
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7990
AMD Radeon R7 265
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7990
AMD Radeon R7 265
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7990
AMD Radeon R7 265
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7990
AMD Radeon R7 265
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7990

25.54% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2048 vs 1024)

More memory bandwidth (288.0 GB/s vs 179.2 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 265

Cheaper ($600 (4x MSRP) vs $1099 (1.1x MSRP))

Less power consumption (150 Watt vs 375 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 3 GB)

So, AMD Radeon HD 7990 or AMD Radeon R7 265?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 7990 .

AMD Radeon HD 7990 versus AMD Radeon R7 265 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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