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.

 

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
  • 14.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9416 vs 647
  • Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 825 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 9416 vs 647
PassMark - G2D Mark 825 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
9416
647
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
825
493
Name AMD Radeon R9 390X AMD FireStream 9170
PassMark - G3D Mark 9416 647
PassMark - G2D Mark 825 493
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 291 294
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