AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition vs AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition 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. 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 Vega Frontier Edition

AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1382 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 28% better floating-point performance: 13,107 gflops vs 2x 5,120 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 93% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 580 Watt

Launch date	27 June 2017 vs 3 September 2015
Core clock speed	1382 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	13,107 gflops vs 2x 5,120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt vs 580 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

5.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 409.6 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 2x 2560 vs 4096
2.9x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 1890 MHz
Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 21.128 vs 17.789

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 409.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2560 vs 4096
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 1890 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	21.128 vs 17.789

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

17.789

21.128

Name	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	13327
PassMark - G2D Mark	750
Geekbench - OpenCL	75705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	17.789	21.128
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1373.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7074

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Vega 10	Grenada
Launch date	27 June 2017	3 September 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	$1,399
Place in performance rating	199	246
Price now	$999.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	14.37
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz
Core clock speed	1382 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	13,107 gflops	2x 5,120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	4096	2x 2560
Texture fill rate	409.6 GTexel / s	2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 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
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	4x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 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