AMD Radeon Pro W5700X vs AMD Radeon R9 390X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5700X and AMD Radeon R9 390X 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro W5700X

AMD Radeon R9 390X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X

Around 77% higher boost clock speed: 1855 MHz vs 1050 MHz
1503.8x more texture fill rate: 277.9 GTexel/s vs 184.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
Around 34% lower typical power consumption: 205 Watt vs 275 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
13.3x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 16573 vs 11675
Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 16573 vs 11675
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1060 vs 819
Around 86% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17591 vs 9443

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1855 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s vs 184.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	205 Watt vs 275 Watt
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16573 vs 11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16573 vs 11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714 vs 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714 vs 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3364 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3364 vs 3350
PassMark - G2D Mark	1060 vs 819
PassMark - G3D Mark	17591 vs 9443

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390X

Around 10% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 2560

Pipelines	2816 vs 2560

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5700X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390X

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16573

11675

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16573

11675

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3714

3706

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3714

3706

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3364

3350

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3364

3350

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1060

819

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17591

9443

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W5700X	AMD Radeon R9 390X
Geekbench - OpenCL	43810
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16573	11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16573	11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3364	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3364	3350
PassMark - G2D Mark	1060	819
PassMark - G3D Mark	17591	9443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		114.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2911.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		10.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		118.411
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		683.568
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4242

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W5700X	AMD Radeon R9 390X
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Navi 10	Grenada
Launch date	Q3'2020	18 June 2015
Place in performance rating	146	279
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$429
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1855 MHz	1050 MHz
Compute units	40	44
Core clock speed	1243 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	17.79 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	9.5 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	2816
Pixel fill rate	123.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s	184.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	205 Watt	275 Watt
Transistor count	10300 million	6,200 million
Floating-point performance		5,914 gflops
Stream Processors		2816
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x Thunderbolt 3, 1x HDMI	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 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	12 inches (305 mm)	275 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin
Width	Dual-slot
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Mantle
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s	384 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	512 bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	1050 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore