AMD Radeon R9 380X vs AMD Radeon R9 390

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 380X 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

AMD Radeon R9 380X

AMD Radeon R9 390

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380X

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 45% lower typical power consumption: 190 Watt vs 275 Watt
3.2x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3053 vs 955

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 November 2015 vs 18 June 2015
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt vs 275 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361 vs 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3053 vs 955

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390

Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 970 MHz
Around 29% higher texture fill rate: 160.0 GTexel / s vs 124.2 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2048
Around 29% better floating-point performance: 5,120 gflops vs 3,973 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 3% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 970 MHz
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8876 vs 6171
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 791 vs 677
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10445 vs 9685
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10445 vs 9685

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz vs 970 MHz
Texture fill rate	160.0 GTexel / s vs 124.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 2048
Floating-point performance	5,120 gflops vs 3,973 gflops
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 970 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8876 vs 6171
PassMark - G2D Mark	791 vs 677
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10445 vs 9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10445 vs 9685

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 380X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6171

8876

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

677

791

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9685

10445

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9685

10445

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3708

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3708

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

3353

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

3053

955

Name	AMD Radeon R9 380X	AMD Radeon R9 390
PassMark - G3D Mark	6171	8876
PassMark - G2D Mark	677	791
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9685	10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9685	10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	3708
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361	3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3053	955
Geekbench - OpenCL		43778
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 380X	AMD Radeon R9 390
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Antigua	Grenada
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	19 November 2015	18 June 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$329
Place in performance rating	309	312
Price now	$528.44
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	15.61
Technical info
Boost clock speed	970 MHz	1000 MHz
Compute units	32	40
Floating-point performance	3,973 gflops	5,120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	2560
Stream Processors	2048	2560
Texture fill rate	124.2 GTexel / s	160.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt	275 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	6,200 million
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	6
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	221 mm	275 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 6-pin	1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	182.4 GB/s	384 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	512 bit
Memory clock speed	970 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore