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) |
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Name | AMD Radeon R9 390X | AMD Radeon R9 290X2 |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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DirectX | 12 | 12.0 (12_0) |
Mantle | ||
OpenCL | 2.0 | |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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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 |
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AMD Eyefinity | ||
CrossFire | ||
DDMA audio | ||
FreeSync | ||
HD3D | ||
HDMI 4K Support | ||
LiquidVR | ||
PowerTune | ||
TrueAudio | ||
Video Code Engine (VCE) | ||
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) | ||
ZeroCore |