AMD Radeon R9 390X vs AMD FireStream 9170

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 390X and AMD FireStream 9170 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, 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 390X

AMD FireStream 9170

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390X

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 7 month(s) later
14.4x more texture fill rate: 184.8 GTexel / s vs 12.8 GTexel / s
8.8x more pipelines: 2816 vs 320
11.6x better floating-point performance: 5,914 gflops vs 512.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
14.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9412 vs 647
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 824 vs 493

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 June 2015 vs 8 November 2007
Texture fill rate	184.8 GTexel / s vs 12.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2816 vs 320
Floating-point performance	5,914 gflops vs 512.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9412 vs 647
PassMark - G2D Mark	824 vs 493

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9170

2.6x lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 275 Watt
Around 52% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 275 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 390X
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9170

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9412

647

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

824

493

Name	AMD Radeon R9 390X	AMD FireStream 9170
PassMark - G3D Mark	9412	647
PassMark - G2D Mark	824	493
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 - T-Rex (Frames/s)	10.947
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 390X	AMD FireStream 9170
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Grenada	RV670
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	18 June 2015	8 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$429
Place in performance rating	292	295
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Compute units	44
Floating-point performance	5,914 gflops	512.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2816	320
Stream Processors	2816
Texture fill rate	184.8 GTexel / s	12.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	275 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	666 million
Core clock speed		800 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 2.0 x16
Length	275 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	384 GB/s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
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