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.

AMD Radeon R9 390X

AMD Radeon R9 290X2

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	9443
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	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	279	283
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