AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 vs AMD Radeon HD 7670A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 and AMD Radeon HD 7670A 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

AMD Radeon HD 7670A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
150x more texture fill rate: 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 14.4 GTexel / s
10.7x more pipelines: 2x 2560 vs 480
17.8x better floating-point performance: 2x 5,120 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2x 8 GB vs 1 GB
Around 35% higher memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 4000 MHz

Launch date	3 September 2015 vs 5 January 2012
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 14.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2560 vs 480
Floating-point performance	2x 5,120 gflops vs 576.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 8 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 4000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7670A

12.9x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 580 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 580 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7670A

Name	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2	AMD Radeon HD 7670A
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	21.128
PassMark - G3D Mark		1050
PassMark - G2D Mark		702

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2	AMD Radeon HD 7670A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Grenada	Turks
Launch date	3 September 2015	5 January 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,399
Place in performance rating	246	163
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 5,120 gflops	576.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2x 2560	480
Texture fill rate	2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	14.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	580 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	716 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	4x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 8 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 345.6 GB / s	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 512 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5