AMD Radeon Pro W6600X vs AMD Radeon R9 390

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6600X and AMD Radeon R9 390 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro W6600X

AMD Radeon R9 390

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6600X

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.5x more boost clock speed: 2479 MHz vs 1000 MHz
1983.1x more texture fill rate: 317.3 GTexel/s vs 160.0 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 275 Watt
2x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1000 MHz
Around 53% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 67420 vs 44112

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 Aug 2021 vs 18 June 2015
Boost clock speed	2479 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	317.3 GTexel/s vs 160.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 275 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	67420 vs 44112

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390

Around 25% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2048

Pipelines	2560 vs 2048

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6600X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

67420

44112

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W6600X	AMD Radeon R9 390
Geekbench - OpenCL	67420	44112
PassMark - G3D Mark		8934
PassMark - G2D Mark		800
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		120.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3164.164
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		11.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		116.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		607.381
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3957

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W6600X	AMD Radeon R9 390
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Navi 23	Grenada
Launch date	3 Aug 2021	18 June 2015
Place in performance rating	302	297
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2479 MHz	1000 MHz
Compute units	32	40
Core clock speed	2068 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	2560
Pixel fill rate	158.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	317.3 GTexel/s	160.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	275 Watt
Transistor count	11060 million	6,200 million
Floating-point performance		5,120 gflops
Stream Processors		2560
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	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
Interface	Apple MPX	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		275 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
OpenCL	2.1	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Mantle
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	384 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	512 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore