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AMD Radeon HD 8990

The AMD Radeon HD 8990 is a graphics card released on April 24, 2013 using a 28 nm process. It has 3 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 384-bit bus, a boost clock of 1.00 GHz and a 375 W board power rating. It scores 5,214 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11.1 and OpenGL 4.4.

Malta28 nm

7/10 key specs recorded · 22 facts

Depth: 34 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 7 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

n/a

Memory

3 GB

GDDR5 · 384-bit

Boost clock

1.00 GHz

950 MHz base

Board power

375 W

Performance

The AMD Radeon HD 8990 scores 5,214 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 81% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #526), measured across 26 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 658.

PassMark G3D Mark

5,214

Rank #526
Faster than 81% of 2,658 GPUs
26 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 76 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 70% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 33 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 68.9% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 46 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 68.8% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 18 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 51.8% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 2,632 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 70.4% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the AMD Radeon HD 8990 averages DirectX 9 76 fps, DirectX 10 33 fps, DirectX 11 46 fps, DirectX 12 18 fps and GPU Compute 2,632 ops/s, across 26 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 3 GB

Core clock 950 MHz

Memory clock 1500 MHz

DirectX 11.1

OpenGL 4.4

Max TDP 375 W

First benchmarked 2013-11-12

Samples 26

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the AMD Radeon HD 8990 states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 3 GB of memory, a core clock of 950 MHz, DirectX 11.1 and OpenGL 4.4, first benchmarked on 2013-11-12. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Not recorded

Codename Malta

Chip Not recorded

Process node 28 nm

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The AMD Radeon HD 8990 uses the Malta graphics processor and is manufactured on a 28 nm process.

Clock speeds

Base clock 950 MHz

Boost clock 1.00 GHz

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The AMD Radeon HD 8990 runs at a base clock of 950 MHz and boosts to 1.00 GHz.

Memory

Size 3 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width 384-bit

Bandwidth Not recorded

The AMD Radeon HD 8990 is equipped with 3 GB of GDDR5 memory and uses a 384-bit memory bus.

Board and power

The AMD Radeon HD 8990 has a board power rating of 375 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 375 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched April 24, 2013

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series Radeon HD 8000 Series

The AMD Radeon HD 8990 was released on April 24, 2013.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 5,214

PassMark G2D 658

Rank #526

Samples 26

Graphics and compute APIs

The AMD Radeon HD 8990 supports DirectX 11.1 and OpenGL 4.4.

DirectX 11.1 (stated by PassMark)

OpenGL 4.4 (stated by PassMark)

CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon HD 8990. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon HD 8990. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the AMD Radeon HD 8990.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon HD 8990 have?

The AMD Radeon HD 8990 has 3 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 384-bit bus.

How much power does the AMD Radeon HD 8990 use and what power supply does it need?

The AMD Radeon HD 8990 has a board power rating of 375 W.

How fast is the AMD Radeon HD 8990?

The AMD Radeon HD 8990 scores 5,214 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 81% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #526. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 18 fps.