AMD Radeon Pro Duo vs AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Duo and AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Duo

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • Around 4% higher texture fill rate: 2x 256.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 2x 4096 vs 2x 2560
  • Around 60% better floating-point performance: 2x 8,192 gflops vs 2x 5,120 gflops
  • Around 66% lower typical power consumption: 350 Watt vs 580 Watt
Launch date 26 April 2016 vs 3 September 2015
Texture fill rate 2x 256.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Pipelines 2x 4096 vs 2x 2560
Floating-point performance 2x 8,192 gflops vs 2x 5,120 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 350 Watt vs 580 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2x 8 GB vs 8 GB
  • 10.8x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • Around 61% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 21.128 vs 13.132
Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size 2x 8 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 5400 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 21.128 vs 13.132

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Duo
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.132
21.128
Name AMD Radeon Pro Duo AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark 8137
PassMark - G2D Mark 745
Geekbench - OpenCL 53806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 141.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3621.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 13.132 21.128
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 112.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 799.933
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 38251
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 38251
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro Duo AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Capsaicin Grenada
Design reference
Launch date 26 April 2016 3 September 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $1,499 $1,399
Place in performance rating 188 247
Price now $849
Type Workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 17.05

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Compute units 128
Floating-point performance 2x 8,192 gflops 2x 5,120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2x 4096 2x 2560
Texture fill rate 2x 256.0 GTexel / s billion / sec 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 350 Watt 580 Watt
Transistor count 8,900 million 6,200 million
Core clock speed 1000 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 277 mm
Supplementary power connectors 3x 8-pin 4x 8-pin

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2x 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 512 GB / s 2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 4096 Bit 2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 500 MHz 5400 MHz
Memory type High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) GDDR5

Technologies

AppAcceleration
CrossFire
Enduro
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
ZeroCore