AMD Radeon R9 390 vs ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 390 and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition 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

ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 4 month(s) later
16x more texture fill rate: 160.0 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
65.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8934 vs 137
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 800 vs 507

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 June 2015 vs 24 January 2006
Texture fill rate	160.0 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8934 vs 137
PassMark - G2D Mark	800 vs 507

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

2.8x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 275 Watt
Around 45% higher memory clock speed: 1450 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 275 Watt
Memory clock speed	1450 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 390
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8934

137

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

800

507

Name	AMD Radeon R9 390	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	8934	137
PassMark - G2D Mark	800	507
Geekbench - OpenCL	44112
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	3957

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 390	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	R500
Code name	Grenada	R580
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	18 June 2015	24 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$329
Place in performance rating	297	293
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Compute units	40
Floating-point performance	5,120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2560
Stream Processors	2560
Texture fill rate	160.0 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	275 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	384 million
Core clock speed		625 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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 1.0 x16
Length	275 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Vulkan
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	384 GB/s	46.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1450 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