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.

 

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 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9167 vs 8953
  • Around 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 44830 vs 44059
  • 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 23% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4882 vs 3959
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 9167 vs 8953
Geekbench - OpenCL 44830 vs 44059
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 4882 vs 3959

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 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 800 vs 785
  • 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 800 vs 785
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
9167
8953
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
785
800
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
44830
44059
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
4882
3959
Name AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT AMD Radeon R9 390
PassMark - G3D Mark 9167 8953
PassMark - G2D Mark 785 800
Geekbench - OpenCL 44830 44059
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 4882 3959

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 287 297
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