AMD Radeon R9 390 vs AMD FireStream 9250

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 390 and AMD FireStream 9250 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 R9 390

AMD FireStream 9250

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
6.4x more texture fill rate: 160.0 GTexel / s vs 25 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 2560 vs 800
5.1x better floating-point performance: 5,120 gflops vs 1,000.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
7.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8905 vs 1165
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 795 vs 465

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 June 2015 vs 16 June 2008
Texture fill rate	160.0 GTexel / s vs 25 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 800
Floating-point performance	5,120 gflops vs 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8905 vs 1165
PassMark - G2D Mark	795 vs 465

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9250

Around 83% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 275 Watt
Around 99% higher memory clock speed: 1986 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 275 Watt
Memory clock speed	1986 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 390
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9250

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8905

1165

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

795

465

Name	AMD Radeon R9 390	AMD FireStream 9250
PassMark - G3D Mark	8905	1165
PassMark - G2D Mark	795	465
Geekbench - OpenCL	43823
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	3949

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 390	AMD FireStream 9250
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Grenada	RV770
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	18 June 2015	16 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$329
Place in performance rating	307	305
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Compute units	40
Floating-point performance	5,120 gflops	1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2560	800
Stream Processors	2560
Texture fill rate	160.0 GTexel / s	25 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	275 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	956 million
Core clock speed		625 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays	6
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	275 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	384 GB/s	63.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1986 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore