AMD Radeon R9 390X vs ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 390X and ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 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 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
- Around 76% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 2x 800
- 3x better floating-point performance: 5,914 gflops vs 2x 1,000.0 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
- 8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 512 MB
- 8.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9443 vs 1132
- Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 819 vs 542
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 18 June 2015 vs 7 November 2008 |
Pipelines | 2816 vs 2x 800 |
Floating-point performance | 5,914 gflops vs 2x 1,000.0 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 55 nm |
Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 2x 512 MB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 9443 vs 1132 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 819 vs 542 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
- Around 22% higher texture fill rate: 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 184.8 GTexel / s
- Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 275 Watt
- Around 90% higher memory clock speed: 1990 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Texture fill rate | 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 184.8 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 250 Watt vs 275 Watt |
Memory clock speed | 1990 MHz vs 1050 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 390X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon R9 390X | ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 9443 | 1132 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 819 | 542 |
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 | ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 2.0 | TeraScale |
Code name | Grenada | R700 |
Design | AMD Radeon R9 300 Series | |
Launch date | 18 June 2015 | 7 November 2008 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $429 | $420 |
Place in performance rating | 279 | 244 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1050 MHz | |
Compute units | 44 | |
Floating-point performance | 5,914 gflops | 2x 1,000.0 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 55 nm |
Pipelines | 2816 | 2x 800 |
Stream Processors | 2816 | |
Texture fill rate | 184.8 GTexel / s | 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 275 Watt | 250 Watt |
Transistor count | 6,200 million | 956 million |
Core clock speed | 625 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 4x DVI, 1x S-Video |
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 2.0 x16 |
Length | 275 mm | 267 mm |
Supplementary power connectors | 1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 | 10.1 |
Mantle | ||
OpenCL | 2.0 | |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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High bandwidth memory (HBM) | ||
Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2x 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 384 GB/s | 2x 63.7 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 512 bit | 2x 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1050 MHz | 1990 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
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 |