AMD Radeon R9 390X vs AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 390X and AMD Radeon R9 290X2 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 11 month(s) later
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 275 Watt vs 580 Watt
Launch date 18 June 2015 vs 24 June 2014
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 275 Watt vs 580 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X2

  • 11.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 184.8 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 2816
  • Around 90% better floating-point performance: 2x 5,632 gflops vs 5,914 gflops
  • 5.1x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • Around 78% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 19.441 vs 10.947
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 184.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 2816 vs 2816
Floating-point performance 2x 5,632 gflops vs 5,914 gflops
Memory clock speed 5400 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 19.441 vs 10.947

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 390X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X2

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10.947
19.441
Name AMD Radeon R9 390X AMD Radeon R9 290X2
PassMark - G3D Mark 9416
PassMark - G2D Mark 825
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 19.441
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 Radeon R9 290X2

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Grenada Hawaii
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date 18 June 2015 24 June 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $429 $1,399
Place in performance rating 291 292
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz
Compute units 44
Floating-point performance 5,914 gflops 2x 5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2816 2x 2816
Stream Processors 2816
Texture fill rate 184.8 GTexel / s 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 275 Watt 580 Watt
Transistor count 6,200 million 6,200 million
Core clock speed 1000 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x 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
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin 4x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_0)
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 384 GB/s 2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 512 bit 2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 1050 MHz 5400 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