AMD Radeon R9 390X videocard review

Radeon R9 390X videocard released by AMD; release date: 18 June 2015. At the time of release, the videocard cost $429. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed Grenada.

Boost clock speed - 1050 MHz. Texture fill rate - 184.8 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 2816. Floating-point performance - 5,914 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 - 1050 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 384 GB/s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38534

9412

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1294

824

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

939.363 mPixels/s

114.288 mPixels/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

14101.507 Frames/s

2911.861 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

93.230 Frames/s

10.947 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

530.303 Frames/s

118.411 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

4413.025 mHash/s

683.568 mHash/s

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770 Frames

11675 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823 Frames

3706 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

3350 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770.000 Fps

11675.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823.000 Fps

3706.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

3350.000 Fps

3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

36466

4242

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	9412
PassMark - G2D Mark	824
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection	114.288 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation	2911.861 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex	10.947 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition	118.411 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining	683.568 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	11675 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	3706 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3350 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	11675.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	3706.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3350.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4242

Games performance

1. Rainbow Six Siege (2015)
2. Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2015)
3. Star Wars Battlefront (2015)
4. Fallout 4 (2015)
5. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (2015)
6. Anno 2205 (2015)
7. World of Warships (2015)
8. The Witcher 3 (2015)
9. Dirt Rally (2015)

10. Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)
11. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)
12. Sims 4 (2014)
13. Thief (2014)
14. Battlefield 4 (2013)
15. Metro: Last Light (2013)
16. BioShock Infinite (2013)
17. Tomb Raider (2013)
18. Crysis 3 (2013)

Rainbow Six Siege (2015)

Low, 1024x768	274.50
Medium, 1366x768	216.50
High, 1920x1080	145.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	107.60
4K, 3840x2160	54.00

Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2015)

Low, 1024x768	73.90
Medium, 1366x768	68.40
High, 1920x1080	61.80
Ultra, 1920x1080	25.60
4K, 3840x2160	26.70

Star Wars Battlefront (2015)

Low, 1024x768	161.20
Medium, 1366x768	140.80
High, 1920x1080	117.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	104.00
4K, 3840x2160	42.50

Fallout 4 (2015)

Low, 1280x720	154.20
Medium, 1366x768	140.80
High, 1920x1080	89.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	72.80
4K, 3840x2160	33.30

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x768	137.80
Medium, 1366x768	131.50
High, 1920x1080	97.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	86.70
4K, 3840x2160	37.00

Anno 2205 (2015)

Low, 1024x768	143.60
Medium, 1366x768	132.60
High, 1920x1080	69.80
Ultra, 1920x1080	27.70
4K, 3840x2160	29.30

World of Warships (2015)

Low, 1366x768	191.60
Medium, 1366x768	148.50
High, 1920x1080	129.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	56.10
4K, 3840 x 2160	56.10

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x768	183.50
Medium, 1366x768	130.90
High, 1920x1080	76.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	40.80
4K, 3840x2160	29.10

Dirt Rally (2015)

Low, 1024x768	353.70
Medium, 1366x768	134.90
High, 1920x1080	107.60
Ultra, 1920x1080	93.50
4K, 3840x2160	71.20

Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)

Low, 1024x768	154.70
Medium, 1366x768	143.90
High, 1920x1080	88.50
Ultra, 1920x1080	67.90

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)

Low, 1280x720	209.80
High, 1920x1080	144.80
Ultra, 1920x1080	94.50

Sims 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x768	190.40
Medium, 1366x768	121.70
High, 1920x1080	111.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	106.80

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x768	87.30
Medium, 1366x768	86.70
High, 1366x768	86.90
Ultra, 1920x1080	72.60

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Low, 1024x768	198.30
Medium, 1366x768	189.30
High, 1366x768	172.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	89.70
4K, 3840x2160	49.90

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x768	123.40
Medium, 1366x768	121.50
High, 1366x768	119.10
Ultra, 1920x1080	82.70

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x720	283.80
Medium, 1366x768	246.00
High, 1366x768	228.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	112.40

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x768	551.00
Medium, 1366x768	417.00
High, 1366x768	314.90
Ultra, 1920x1080	155.00

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x768	130.10
Medium, 1366x768	123.10
High, 1366x768	89.90
Ultra, 1920x1080	56.10

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0
Code name	Grenada
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	18 June 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$429
Place in performance rating	292
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Compute units	44
Floating-point performance	5,914 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm
Pipelines	2816
Stream Processors	2816
Texture fill rate	184.8 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	1050 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
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

AMD Radeon R9 390X videocard review

Benchmarks

Games performance

Rainbow Six Siege (2015)

Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2015)

Star Wars Battlefront (2015)

Fallout 4 (2015)

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (2015)

Anno 2205 (2015)

World of Warships (2015)

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Dirt Rally (2015)

Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)

Sims 4 (2014)

Thief (2014)

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Metro: Last Light (2013)

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Tomb Raider (2013)

Crysis 3 (2013)

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Technical info

Video outputs and ports

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

API support

Memory

Technologies

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