AMD Radeon RX 570 vs AMD Radeon R9 390X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 570 and AMD Radeon R9 390X 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 570

AMD Radeon R9 390X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 570

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 15% higher boost clock speed: 1206-1244 MHz vs 1050 MHz
861.6x more texture fill rate: 159.23 GTexel/s vs 184.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 83% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 275 Watt
6.7x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 18 June 2015
Boost clock speed	1206-1244 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Texture fill rate	159.23 GTexel/s vs 184.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 275 Watt
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390X

Around 38% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 2048
1159.6x better floating-point performance: 5,914 gflops vs 5.1 TFLOPs
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9363 vs 6967
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 819 vs 626
Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 114.288 vs 105.688
2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2911.861 vs 1083.926
Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 10.947 vs 8.251
Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 118.411 vs 79.029
Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 683.568 vs 520.089
Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11675 vs 9172
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3706 vs 3624
Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11675 vs 9172
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3706 vs 3624
4.8x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4242 vs 880

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2816 vs 2048
Floating-point performance	5,914 gflops vs 5.1 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9363 vs 6967
PassMark - G2D Mark	819 vs 626
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	114.288 vs 105.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2911.861 vs 1083.926
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	10.947 vs 8.251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	118.411 vs 79.029
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	683.568 vs 520.089
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11675 vs 9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3706 vs 3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350 vs 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11675 vs 9172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3706 vs 3624
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350 vs 3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4242 vs 880

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 570
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6967

9363

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

626

819

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

105.688

114.288

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1083.926

2911.861

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

8.251

10.947

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

79.029

118.411

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

520.089

683.568

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9172

11675

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3624

3706

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3346

3350

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9172

11675

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3624

3706

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3346

3350

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

880

4242

Name	AMD Radeon RX 570	AMD Radeon R9 390X
PassMark - G3D Mark	6967	9363
PassMark - G2D Mark	626	819
Geekbench - OpenCL	36107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	105.688	114.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1083.926	2911.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.251	10.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	79.029	118.411
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	520.089	683.568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9172	11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3624	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9172	11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3624	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346	3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	880	4242

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 570	AMD Radeon R9 390X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Polaris 20	Grenada
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	18 June 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$169	$429
Place in performance rating	405	269
Price now	$149.99
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	59.00
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1206-1244 MHz	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	926-1168 MHz
Floating-point performance	5.1 TFLOPs	5,914 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	2816
Pixel fill rate	39.81 GP/s
Render output units	32
Stream Processors	2048	2816
Texture fill rate	159.23 GTexel/s	184.8 GTexel / s
Texture Units	128
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	275 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	6,200 million
Compute units		44
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Eyefinity
Number of Eyefinity displays		6
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	275 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Mantle
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	384 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	512 bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	1050 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
DDMA audio
HD3D
LiquidVR
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
ZeroCore