AMD Radeon RX 5500 vs AMD Radeon R9 390X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500 and AMD Radeon R9 390X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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, 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).

AMD Radeon RX 5500

AMD Radeon R9 390X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 76% higher boost clock speed: 1845 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Around 83% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 275 Watt
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12069 vs 11675
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12069 vs 11675
Around 13% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4813 vs 4242

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Oct 2019 vs 18 June 2015
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 275 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12069 vs 11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12069 vs 11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4813 vs 4242

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390X

Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 184.8 GTexel / s vs 162.36 GT/s
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9443 vs 8803
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 819 vs 766

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	184.8 GTexel / s vs 162.36 GT/s
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9443 vs 8803
PassMark - G2D Mark	819 vs 766

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8803

9443

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

766

819

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12069

11675

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3706

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3350

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12069

11675

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3706

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3350

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4813

4242

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5500	AMD Radeon R9 390X
PassMark - G3D Mark	8803	9443
PassMark - G2D Mark	766	819
Geekbench - OpenCL	42314
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12069	11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12069	11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4813	4242
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5500	AMD Radeon R9 390X
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA	GCN 2.0
Launch date	7 Oct 2019	18 June 2015
Place in performance rating	257	279
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Code name		Grenada
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$429
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz	1050 MHz
Compute units	22	44
Core clock speed	1670 MHz
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.4 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.2 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate	59 GP/s
Stream Processors	1408	2816
Texture fill rate	162.36 GT/s	184.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	275 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	6,200 million
Floating-point performance		5,914 gflops
Manufacturing process technology		28 nm
Pipelines		2816
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 8-pin	1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		275 mm
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	384 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	512 bit
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Memory clock speed		1050 MHz
Shared memory		0
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
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays		6
VGA
API support
DirectX		12
Mantle
OpenCL		2.0
OpenGL		4.5
Vulkan