AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 vs AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 and AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 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 Vega 56

AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1156 MHz vs 1000 MHz
152.8x more texture fill rate: 330.00 GTexel/s vs 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 210 Watt vs 580 Watt

Launch date	14 August 2017 vs 3 September 2015
Core clock speed	1156 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	330.00 GTexel/s vs 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	210 Watt vs 580 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Around 43% higher pipelines: 2x 2560 vs 3584
975.2x better floating-point performance: 2x 5,120 gflops vs 10.5 TFLOPs
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 8 GB vs 8 GB
3.4x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 68% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 21.128 vs 12.606

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2x 2560 vs 3584
Floating-point performance	2x 5,120 gflops vs 10.5 TFLOPs
Maximum memory size	2x 8 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	21.128 vs 12.606

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

12.606

21.128

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	13286
PassMark - G2D Mark	774
Geekbench - OpenCL	163998
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	184.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1765.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	12.606	21.128
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	79.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1022.925
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6870

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Vega 10	Grenada
Design	Radeon RX Vega Series
Launch date	14 August 2017	3 September 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	$1,399
Place in performance rating	211	246
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1471 MHz
Compute units	56
Core clock speed	1156 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	10.5 TFLOPs	2x 5,120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	21 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.5 TFLOPs
Pipelines	3584	2x 2560
Pixel fill rate	94.00 GP/s
Render output units	64
Stream Processors	3584
Texture fill rate	330.00 GTexel/s	2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Texture Units	256
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	210 Watt	580 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	6,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	650 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	4x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 8 GB
Memory bandwidth	410 GB/s	2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	5400 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
FreeSync
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore