AMD Radeon RX Vega vs AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega and AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Video outputs and ports, API support. 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).

AMD Radeon RX Vega

AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 580 Watt

Launch date	1 April 2017 vs 3 September 2015
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt vs 580 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

7x more texture fill rate: 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 307.2 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 2x 2560 vs 4096
Around 4% better floating-point performance: 2x 5,120 gflops vs 9,830 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 8 GB vs 8 GB
2.7x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 21.128 vs 17.999

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 307.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2560 vs 4096
Floating-point performance	2x 5,120 gflops vs 9,830 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 8 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	21.128 vs 17.999

Compare benchmarks

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

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

17.999

21.128

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	12297
PassMark - G2D Mark	882
Geekbench - OpenCL	68601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	205.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3986.188
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	17.999	21.128
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	215.468
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1291.445
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8455

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.3	GCN 2.0
Code name	Greenland	Grenada
Launch date	1 April 2017	3 September 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$599.99	$1,399
Place in performance rating	253	248
Price now	$409.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	38.94
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	9,830 gflops	2x 5,120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	4096	2x 2560
Texture fill rate	307.2 GTexel / s	2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	580 Watt
Transistor count		6,200 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	4x 8-pin
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 8 GB
Memory bandwidth	512 GB / s	2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	5400 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL		4.5