AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 vs AMD Radeon R9 390X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (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 R9 390 X2

AMD Radeon R9 390X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
11.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 184.8 GTexel / s
Around 82% higher pipelines: 2x 2560 vs 2816
Around 73% better floating-point performance: 2x 5,120 gflops vs 5,914 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 8 GB vs 8 GB
5.1x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Around 93% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 21.128 vs 10.947

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 September 2015 vs 18 June 2015
Texture fill rate	2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 184.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2560 vs 2816
Floating-point performance	2x 5,120 gflops vs 5,914 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 8 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	21.128 vs 10.947

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390X

2.1x lower typical power consumption: 275 Watt vs 580 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	275 Watt vs 580 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390X

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21.128

10.947

Name	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2	AMD Radeon R9 390X
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	21.128	10.947
PassMark - G3D Mark		9395
PassMark - G2D Mark		821
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 - Video Composition (Frames/s)		118.411
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		683.568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4242

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2	AMD Radeon R9 390X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Grenada	Grenada
Launch date	3 September 2015	18 June 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,399	$429
Place in performance rating	265	268
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 5,120 gflops	5,914 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2x 2560	2816
Texture fill rate	2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec	184.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	580 Watt	275 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	6,200 million
Boost clock speed		1050 MHz
Compute units		44
Stream Processors		2816
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
Supplementary power connectors	4x 8-pin	1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		275 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Mantle
OpenCL		2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 345.6 GB / s	384 GB/s
Memory bus width	2x 512 Bit	512 bit
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz	1050 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	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