Intel Arc A380 vs AMD Radeon R9 390X

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A380 and AMD Radeon R9 390X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A380

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 95% higher boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • 710x more texture fill rate: 131.2 GTexel/s vs 184.8 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 275 Watt
  • Around 84% higher memory clock speed: 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective vs 1050 MHz
  • Around 1% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4284 vs 4242
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 Jun 2022 vs 18 June 2015
Boost clock speed 2050 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Texture fill rate 131.2 GTexel/s vs 184.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 275 Watt
Memory clock speed 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective vs 1050 MHz
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4284 vs 4242

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390X

  • 2.8x more pipelines: 2816 vs 1024
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 820 vs 609
  • Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9437 vs 6216
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 2816 vs 1024
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 820 vs 609
PassMark - G3D Mark 9437 vs 6216

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A380
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390X

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
609
820
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6216
9437
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
4284
4242
Name Intel Arc A380 AMD Radeon R9 390X
PassMark - G2D Mark 609 820
PassMark - G3D Mark 6216 9437
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4284 4242
Geekbench - OpenCL 36881
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 114.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2911.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 10.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 118.411
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 683.568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Arc A380 AMD Radeon R9 390X

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.7 GCN 2.0
Code name DG2-128 Grenada
Launch date 14 Jun 2022 18 June 2015
Place in performance rating 255 279
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $429
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2050 MHz 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 2000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm 28 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 8.397 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 4.198 TFLOPS
Pipelines 1024 2816
Pixel fill rate 65.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 131.2 GTexel/s 184.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 275 Watt
Transistor count 7200 million 6,200 million
Compute units 44
Floating-point performance 5,914 gflops
Stream Processors 2816

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Height 42 mm, 1.7 inches
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 222 mm, 8.7 inches 275 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin
Width 114 mm, 4.5 inches
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support PCIe 3.0

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12
OpenCL 3.0 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.6
Vulkan
Mantle

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 186.0 GB/s 384 GB/s
Memory bus width 96 bit 512 bit
Memory clock speed 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective 1050 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore