AMD Radeon R9 390 videocard review

AMD Radeon R9 390

Radeon R9 390 videocard released by AMD; release date: 18 June 2015. At the time of release, the videocard cost $329. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed Grenada.

Boost clock speed - 1000 MHz. Texture fill rate - 160.0 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 2560. Floating-point performance - 5,120 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 6,200 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 275 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 8 GB. Memory bus width - 512 bit. Memory clock speed - 1000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 384 GB/s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
8910
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
797
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
43803
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
120.267 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
3164.164 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
11.097 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
116.473 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
607.381 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
10445 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3708 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3353 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
10445.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3708.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3353.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
3949
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 8910
PassMark - G2D Mark 797
Geekbench - OpenCL 43803
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 120.267 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 3164.164 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 11.097 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 116.473 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 607.381 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 10445 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3708 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3353 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 10445.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3708.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3353.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3949

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0
Code name Grenada
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date 18 June 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $329
Place in performance rating 307
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Compute units 40
Floating-point performance 5,120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 2560
Stream Processors 2560
Texture fill rate 160.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 275 Watt
Transistor count 6,200 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 275 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 384 GB/s
Memory bus width 512 bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

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