AMD Radeon R9 390X vs AMD FireStream 9270

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 390X and AMD FireStream 9270 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 9270

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390X

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
6.2x more texture fill rate: 184.8 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
3.5x more pipelines: 2816 vs 800
4.9x better floating-point performance: 5,914 gflops vs 1,200.0 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
7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9416 vs 1341
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 825 vs 473

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 June 2015 vs 13 November 2008
Texture fill rate	184.8 GTexel / s vs 30 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2816 vs 800
Floating-point performance	5,914 gflops vs 1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9416 vs 1341
PassMark - G2D Mark	825 vs 473

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9270

Around 72% lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 275 Watt
3.4x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	160 Watt vs 275 Watt
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 390X
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9270

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9416

1341

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

825

473

Name	AMD Radeon R9 390X	AMD FireStream 9270
PassMark - G3D Mark	9416	1341
PassMark - G2D Mark	825	473
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 9270
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Grenada	RV770
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	18 June 2015	13 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$429
Place in performance rating	291	293
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Compute units	44
Floating-point performance	5,914 gflops	1,200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2816	800
Stream Processors	2816
Texture fill rate	184.8 GTexel / s	30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	275 Watt	160 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	956 million
Core clock speed		750 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	2x 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	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	384 GB/s	115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
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