AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 vs AMD Radeon R9 390

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 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, 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 - 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 30% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 1560x more texture fill rate: 249.6 GTexel/s vs 160.0 GTexel / s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 3072 vs 2560
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11300 vs 8936
  • Around 21% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 53445 vs 44112
  • Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 135.416 vs 120.267
  • Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 12.678 vs 11.097
  • Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 883.876 vs 607.381
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11925 vs 10445
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3947 vs 3708
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 10411 vs 3353
  • Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11925 vs 10445
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3947 vs 3708
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 10411 vs 3353
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 19 March 2019 vs 18 June 2015
Boost clock speed 1300 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate 249.6 GTexel/s vs 160.0 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3072 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 11300 vs 8936
Geekbench - OpenCL 53445 vs 44112
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 135.416 vs 120.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.678 vs 11.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 883.876 vs 607.381
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11925 vs 10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3947 vs 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 10411 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11925 vs 10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3947 vs 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 10411 vs 3353

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390

  • 45.5x lower typical power consumption: 275 Watt vs 12500 million
  • Around 27% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 800 vs 784
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3164.164 vs 3063.269
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 275 Watt vs 12500 million
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz vs 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 800 vs 784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3164.164 vs 3063.269

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
11300
8936
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
784
800
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
53445
44112
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
135.416
120.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3063.269
3164.164
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12.678
11.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
883.876
607.381
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11925
10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3947
3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10411
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11925
10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3947
3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10411
3353
Name AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 AMD Radeon R9 390
PassMark - G3D Mark 11300 8936
PassMark - G2D Mark 784 800
Geekbench - OpenCL 53445 44112
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 135.416 120.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3063.269 3164.164
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.678 11.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 883.876 607.381
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11925 10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3947 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 10411 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11925 10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3947 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 10411 3353
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 116.473
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3958

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 AMD Radeon R9 390

Essentials

Architecture Vega 10 PRO GCN 2.0
Code name Greenland Grenada
GCN generation GCN 5.0
Launch date 19 March 2019 18 June 2015
Place in performance rating 228 297
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $329

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1300 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 499.2 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 15.97 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 7.987 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3072 2560
Pixel fill rate 83.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 249.6 GTexel/s 160.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12500 million 275 Watt
Compute units 40
Floating-point performance 5,120 gflops
Stream Processors 2560
Transistor count 6,200 million

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

API support

DirectX 12.1 12
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.3
Vulkan
Mantle

Memory

High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 402.4 GB/s 384 GB/s
Memory bus width 2048 bit 512 bit
Memory clock speed 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective) 1000 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5

Technologies

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