AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT vs AMD Radeon R9 390

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 5500 XT

AMD Radeon R9 390

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 85% higher boost clock speed: 1845 MHz vs 1000 MHz
1015x more texture fill rate: 162.4 GTexel/s vs 160.0 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 275 Watt
14x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9134 vs 8907
Around 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 44541 vs 43823
Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 128.135 vs 120.267
Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 13.328 vs 11.097
Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 125.474 vs 116.473
Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 742.778 vs 607.381
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11075 vs 10445
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11075 vs 10445
Around 24% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4910 vs 3949

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Dec 2019 vs 18 June 2015
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	162.4 GTexel/s vs 160.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 275 Watt
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9134 vs 8907
Geekbench - OpenCL	44541 vs 43823
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	128.135 vs 120.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	13.328 vs 11.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	125.474 vs 116.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	742.778 vs 607.381
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11075 vs 10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3722 vs 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3367 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11075 vs 10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3722 vs 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3367 vs 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4910 vs 3949

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390

Around 82% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 1408
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 796 vs 776
Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3164.164 vs 2024.814

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2560 vs 1408
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	796 vs 776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3164.164 vs 2024.814

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9134

8907

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

776

796

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

44541

43823

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

128.135

120.267

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2024.814

3164.164

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13.328

11.097

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

125.474

116.473

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

742.778

607.381

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11075

10445

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3722

3708

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3367

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11075

10445

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3722

3708

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3367

3353

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4910

3949

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT	AMD Radeon R9 390
PassMark - G3D Mark	9134	8907
PassMark - G2D Mark	776	796
Geekbench - OpenCL	44541	43823
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	128.135	120.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2024.814	3164.164
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	13.328	11.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	125.474	116.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	742.778	607.381
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11075	10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3722	3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3367	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11075	10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3722	3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3367	3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4910	3949

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT	AMD Radeon R9 390
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Navi 14	Grenada
Launch date	12 Dec 2019	18 June 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$169	$329
Place in performance rating	304	307
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz	1000 MHz
Compute units	22	40
Core clock speed	1607 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	324.7 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.39 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.196 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1408	2560
Pixel fill rate	59.04 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	162.4 GTexel/s	160.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	275 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	6,200 million
Floating-point performance		5,120 gflops
Stream Processors		2560
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x 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 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	7.09 inches (180 mm)	275 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin
Width	Dual-slot
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Mantle
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	384 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	512 bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore