AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 vs AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 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. 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 14% higher core clock speed: 1138 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 210 Watt vs 580 Watt
Launch date 14 August 2017 vs 3 September 2015
Core clock speed 1138 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 210 Watt vs 580 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

  • 7.1x more texture fill rate: 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 302.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 43% higher pipelines: 2x 2560 vs 3584
  • Around 6% better floating-point performance: 2x 5,120 gflops vs 9,677 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2x 8 GB vs 8 GB
  • 3.4x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 1572 MHz
  • Around 78% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 21.128 vs 11.901
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 302.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 2560 vs 3584
Floating-point performance 2x 5,120 gflops vs 9,677 gflops
Maximum memory size 2x 8 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 5400 MHz vs 1572 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 21.128 vs 11.901

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11.901
21.128
Name AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark 12354
PassMark - G2D Mark 828
Geekbench - OpenCL 61630
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 153.117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1722.138
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 11.901 21.128
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 126.528
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1172.788
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12822
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12822
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Vega 10 Grenada
Launch date 14 August 2017 3 September 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $1,399
Place in performance rating 248 247
Type Workstation Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1250 MHz
Core clock speed 1138 MHz 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance 9,677 gflops 2x 5,120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 3584 2x 2560
Texture fill rate 302.4 GTexel / s 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 210 Watt 580 Watt
Transistor count 12,500 million 6,200 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 4x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2x 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 402.4 GB / s 2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 Bit 2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 1572 MHz 5400 MHz
Memory type HBM2 GDDR5