AMD Radeon R7 360 896SP vs AMD Radeon R9 390

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 360 896SP 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 - 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.

AMD Radeon R7 360 896SP

AMD Radeon R9 390

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 360 896SP

3.2x lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 275 Watt
6x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 275 Watt
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390

2.6x more texture fill rate: 160.0 GTexel / s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
2.9x more pipelines: 2560 vs 896
2.6x better floating-point performance: 5,120 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB

Texture fill rate	160.0 GTexel / s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 896
Floating-point performance	5,120 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 360 896SP
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390

Name	AMD Radeon R7 360 896SP	AMD Radeon R9 390
PassMark - G3D Mark		8928
PassMark - G2D Mark		799
Geekbench - OpenCL		44120
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		120.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3164.164
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		11.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		116.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		607.381
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3956

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 360 896SP	AMD Radeon R9 390
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Tobago	Grenada
Launch date	18 June 2015	18 June 2015
Place in performance rating	not rated	295
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Technical info
Core clock speed	1100 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops	5,120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	896	2560
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s	160.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	275 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	6,200 million
Boost clock speed		1000 MHz
Compute units		40
Stream Processors		2560
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	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
Length	183 mm	275 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Mantle
OpenCL		2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	384 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	512 bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore