AMD Radeon R9 390 vs AMD Radeon R3 Graphics

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 390 and AMD Radeon R3 Graphics 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
  • Around 67% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
  • 33.3x more texture fill rate: 160.0 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
  • 20x more pipelines: 2560 vs 128
  • 33.3x better floating-point performance: 5,120 gflops vs 153.6 gflops
  • 28.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8876 vs 310
  • 8.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 791 vs 94
  • 27.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 43778 vs 1568
  • 36x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 120.267 vs 3.343
  • 29.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3164.164 vs 106.771
  • 31.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 11.097 vs 0.35
  • 14.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 116.473 vs 8.234
  • 27.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 607.381 vs 21.88
  • 17.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10445 vs 587
  • 4.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3708 vs 750
  • Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 1745
  • 17.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10445 vs 587
  • 4.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3708 vs 750
  • Around 92% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 1745
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 June 2015 vs 28 January 2015
Boost clock speed 1000 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate 160.0 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2560 vs 128
Floating-point performance 5,120 gflops vs 153.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8876 vs 310
PassMark - G2D Mark 791 vs 94
Geekbench - OpenCL 43778 vs 1568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 120.267 vs 3.343
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3164.164 vs 106.771
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 11.097 vs 0.35
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 116.473 vs 8.234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 607.381 vs 21.88
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10445 vs 587
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 vs 750
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 1745
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10445 vs 587
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 vs 750
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 1745

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R3 Graphics

  • 18.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 275 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 275 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 390
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R3 Graphics

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8876
310
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
791
94
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
43778
1568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
120.267
3.343
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3164.164
106.771
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11.097
0.35
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
116.473
8.234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
607.381
21.88
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10445
587
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
750
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
1745
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10445
587
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3708
750
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
1745
Name AMD Radeon R9 390 AMD Radeon R3 Graphics
PassMark - G3D Mark 8876 310
PassMark - G2D Mark 791 94
Geekbench - OpenCL 43778 1568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 120.267 3.343
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3164.164 106.771
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 11.097 0.35
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 116.473 8.234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 607.381 21.88
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10445 587
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 750
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 1745
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10445 587
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 750
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 1745
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 955

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 390 AMD Radeon R3 Graphics

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Grenada Beema
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date 18 June 2015 28 January 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $329
Place in performance rating 312 1609
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz 600 MHz
Compute units 40
Floating-point performance 5,120 gflops 153.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2560 128
Stream Processors 2560
Texture fill rate 160.0 GTexel / s 4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 275 Watt 15 Watt
Transistor count 6,200 million 930 million
Core clock speed 267 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
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 IGP
Length 275 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_0)
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 384 GB/s
Memory bus width 512 bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 System Shared

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore