AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP vs AMD Radeon R9 390

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP and AMD Radeon R9 390 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 RX 460 1024SP

AMD Radeon R9 390

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
3.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 275 Watt
7x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 49% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 65257 vs 43907

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 January 2017 vs 18 June 2015
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 275 Watt
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	65257 vs 43907

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390

2.1x more texture fill rate: 160.0 GTexel / s vs 76.8 GTexel / s
2.5x more pipelines: 2560 vs 1024
2.1x better floating-point performance: 5,120 gflops vs 2,458 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB

Texture fill rate	160.0 GTexel / s vs 76.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 1024
Floating-point performance	5,120 gflops vs 2,458 gflops
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

65257

43907

Name	AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP	AMD Radeon R9 390
Geekbench - OpenCL	65257	43907
PassMark - G3D Mark		8893
PassMark - G2D Mark		792
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		120.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3164.164
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		11.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		116.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		607.381
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		957

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 460 1024SP	AMD Radeon R9 390
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Baffin	Grenada
Launch date	17 January 2017	18 June 2015
Place in performance rating	316	317
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	1090 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,458 gflops	5,120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	2560
Texture fill rate	76.8 GTexel / s	160.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	275 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	6,200 million
Compute units		40
Stream Processors		2560
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x 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
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	170 mm	275 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Mantle
OpenCL		2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB / s	384 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	512 bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore