AMD Radeon R9 390X vs AMD Radeon HD 8770 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 390X and AMD Radeon HD 8770 OEM 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 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 3.1x more texture fill rate: 184.8 GTexel / s vs 58.8 GTexel / s
  • 3.1x more pipelines: 2816 vs 896
  • 3.1x better floating-point performance: 5,914 gflops vs 1,882 gflops
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11675 vs 4551
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11675 vs 4551
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 June 2015 vs 2 September 2013
Texture fill rate 184.8 GTexel / s vs 58.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2816 vs 896
Floating-point performance 5,914 gflops vs 1,882 gflops
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11675 vs 4551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11675 vs 4551

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8770 OEM

  • 3.2x lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 275 Watt
  • 5.7x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6886 vs 3706
  • 5.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 17482 vs 3350
  • Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6886 vs 3706
  • 5.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 17482 vs 3350
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt vs 275 Watt
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6886 vs 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 17482 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6886 vs 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 17482 vs 3350

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 390X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8770 OEM

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11675
4551
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3706
6886
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
17482
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11675
4551
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3706
6886
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
17482
Name AMD Radeon R9 390X AMD Radeon HD 8770 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 9363
PassMark - G2D Mark 819
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 4551
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3706 6886
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 17482
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11675 4551
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3706 6886
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 17482
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4242

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 390X AMD Radeon HD 8770 OEM

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Grenada Bonaire
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date 18 June 2015 2 September 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $429
Place in performance rating 269 271
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz
Compute units 44
Floating-point performance 5,914 gflops 1,882 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2816 896
Stream Processors 2816
Texture fill rate 184.8 GTexel / s 58.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 275 Watt 85 Watt
Transistor count 6,200 million 2,080 million
Core clock speed 1050 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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 3.0 x16
Length 275 mm 183 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin 1x 6-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 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 384 GB/s 96 GB / s
Memory bus width 512 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1050 MHz 6000 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