AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 vs AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 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 64

AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 1247 MHz vs 1000 MHz
183.2x more texture fill rate: 395.80 GTexel/s vs 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Around 60% higher pipelines: 8192 vs 2x 2560
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 97% lower typical power consumption: 295 Watt vs 580 Watt

Launch date	7 August 2017 vs 3 September 2015
Core clock speed	1247 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	395.80 GTexel/s vs 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Pipelines	8192 vs 2x 2560
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	295 Watt vs 580 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

806.3x better floating-point performance: 2x 5,120 gflops vs 12.7 TFLOPs
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 8 GB vs 8 GB
2.9x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 1890 MHz
Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 21.128 vs 14.889

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	2x 5,120 gflops vs 12.7 TFLOPs
Maximum memory size	2x 8 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 1890 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	21.128 vs 14.889

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

14.889

21.128

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 64	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	14394
PassMark - G2D Mark	800
Geekbench - OpenCL	204168
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	195.478
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2129.009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	14.889	21.128
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	129.271
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1328.033
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	14744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	14744
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7522

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 64	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	7 August 2017	3 September 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	$1,399
Place in performance rating	170	246
Price now	$449.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	41.07
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1546 MHz
Compute units	64
Core clock speed	1247 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	12.7 TFLOPs	2x 5,120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	840 GFLOPs
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	26.7 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	13.4 TFLOPs
Pipelines	8192	2x 2560
Pixel fill rate	98.90 GP/s
Render output units	64
Stream Processors	4096
Texture fill rate	395.80 GTexel/s	2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Texture Units	256
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	295 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	279 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	750 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	483.8 GB/s	2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1890 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