AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 vs AMD Radeon R9 390

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 and AMD Radeon R9 390 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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).

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

AMD Radeon R9 390

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 60% higher boost clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
Around 12% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1069 vs 955

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Jan 2020 vs 18 June 2015
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1069 vs 955

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390

5.7x more pipelines: 2560 vs 448
3.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 43778 vs 11203

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2560 vs 448
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	43778 vs 11203

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1069

955

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

11203

43778

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 7	AMD Radeon R9 390
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1069	955
Geekbench - OpenCL	11203	43778
PassMark - G3D Mark		8876
PassMark - G2D Mark		791
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		120.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3164.164
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		11.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		116.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		607.381
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		10445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 7	AMD Radeon R9 390
Essentials
Architecture	Vega	GCN 2.0
Code name	Vega Raven Ridge	Grenada
Launch date	7 Jan 2020	18 June 2015
Place in performance rating	1317	312
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz	1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	448	2560
Compute units		40
Floating-point performance		5,120 gflops
Stream Processors		2560
Texture fill rate		160.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		275 Watt
Transistor count		6,200 million
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
Mantle
OpenCL		2.0
OpenGL		4.5
Vulkan
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
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		275 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount		8 GB
Memory bandwidth		384 GB/s
Memory bus width		512 bit
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore