AMD Radeon E8870 vs AMD Radeon R9 390

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8870 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: 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), 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8870

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • 3.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 275 Watt
  • 6x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5030 vs 3708
  • 5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 18191 vs 3353
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5030 vs 3708
  • 5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 18191 vs 3353
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 September 2015 vs 18 June 2015
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 275 Watt
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 5030 vs 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 18191 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 5030 vs 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 18191 vs 3353

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390

  • 3.3x more texture fill rate: 160.0 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
  • 3.3x more pipelines: 2560 vs 768
  • 3.3x better floating-point performance: 5,120 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8953 vs 3368
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 800 vs 708
  • 3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 120.267 vs 36.948
  • 3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3164.164 vs 874.689
  • 10x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 11.097 vs 1.11
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10445 vs 4620
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10445 vs 4620
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 160.0 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2560 vs 768
Floating-point performance 5,120 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8953 vs 3368
PassMark - G2D Mark 800 vs 708
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 120.267 vs 36.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3164.164 vs 874.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 11.097 vs 1.11
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10445 vs 4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10445 vs 4620

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8870
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3368
8953
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
708
800
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
36.948
120.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
874.689
3164.164
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.11
11.097
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4620
10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5030
3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
18191
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4620
10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5030
3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
18191
3353
Name AMD Radeon E8870 AMD Radeon R9 390
PassMark - G3D Mark 3368 8953
PassMark - G2D Mark 708 800
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 36.948 120.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 874.689 3164.164
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.11 11.097
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4620 10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 5030 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 18191 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4620 10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 5030 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 18191 3353
Geekbench - OpenCL 44059
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 116.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 607.381
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3959

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon E8870 AMD Radeon R9 390

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Saturn Grenada
Launch date 29 September 2015 18 June 2015
Place in performance rating 340 297
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $329

Technical info

Core clock speed 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops 5,120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 2560
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s 160.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 275 Watt
Transistor count 2,080 million 6,200 million
Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Compute units 40
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

Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Length 275 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 96 GB / s 384 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 512 bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 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