AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 vs AMD Radeon R9 M390X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 and AMD Radeon R9 M390X 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 66% higher core clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 723 MHz
  • 2697.2x more texture fill rate: 249.6 GTexel/s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 3072 vs 2048
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • 3.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11300 vs 3597
  • Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 784 vs 435
  • 2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 53445 vs 22044
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 135.416 vs 64.199
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3063.269 vs 1284.053
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 12.678 vs 5.881
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 883.876 vs 312.822
  • Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11925 vs 6508
  • Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11925 vs 6508
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 19 March 2019 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed 1200 MHz vs 723 MHz
Texture fill rate 249.6 GTexel/s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3072 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 11300 vs 3597
PassMark - G2D Mark 784 vs 435
Geekbench - OpenCL 53445 vs 22044
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 135.416 vs 64.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3063.269 vs 1284.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.678 vs 5.881
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 883.876 vs 312.822
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11925 vs 6508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11925 vs 6508

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M390X

  • 166.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 12500 million
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8593 vs 3947
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 24690 vs 10411
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8593 vs 3947
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 24690 vs 10411
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 12500 million
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8593 vs 3947
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 24690 vs 10411
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8593 vs 3947
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 24690 vs 10411

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M390X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
11300
3597
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
784
435
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
53445
22044
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
135.416
64.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3063.269
1284.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12.678
5.881
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
883.876
312.822
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11925
6508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3947
8593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10411
24690
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11925
6508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3947
8593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10411
24690
Name AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 AMD Radeon R9 M390X
PassMark - G3D Mark 11300 3597
PassMark - G2D Mark 784 435
Geekbench - OpenCL 53445 22044
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 135.416 64.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3063.269 1284.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 12.678 5.881
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 883.876 312.822
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11925 6508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3947 8593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 10411 24690
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11925 6508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3947 8593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 10411 24690
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 78.169

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 AMD Radeon R9 M390X

Essentials

Architecture Vega 10 PRO GCN 3.0
Code name Greenland Amethyst
GCN generation GCN 5.0
Launch date 19 March 2019 5 May 2015
Place in performance rating 228 303
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1300 MHz
Core clock speed 1200 MHz 723 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 2048
Pixel fill rate 83.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 249.6 GTexel/s 92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12500 million 75 Watt
Floating-point performance 2,961 gflops
Transistor count 5,000 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.1 12
OpenCL 2.0 Not Listed
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Shader Model 6.3
Vulkan
Mantle

Memory

High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 402.4 GB/s 160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore