Intel Arc A380 vs AMD Radeon R9 390

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A380 and AMD Radeon R9 390 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

Intel Arc A380

AMD Radeon R9 390

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A380

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.1x more boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 1000 MHz
820x more texture fill rate: 131.2 GTexel/s vs 160.0 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 28 nm
3.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 275 Watt
Around 94% higher memory clock speed: 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective vs 1000 MHz

Launch date	14 Jun 2022 vs 18 June 2015
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	131.2 GTexel/s vs 160.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 275 Watt
Memory clock speed	1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390

2.5x more pipelines: 2560 vs 1024
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 791 vs 606
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8876 vs 6242
Around 18% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 955 vs 808
Around 14% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 43778 vs 38292

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2560 vs 1024
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	791 vs 606
PassMark - G3D Mark	8876 vs 6242
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	955 vs 808
Geekbench - OpenCL	43778 vs 38292

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A380
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

606

791

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6242

8876

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

808

955

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

38292

43778

Name	Intel Arc A380	AMD Radeon R9 390
PassMark - G2D Mark	606	791
PassMark - G3D Mark	6242	8876
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	808	955
Geekbench - OpenCL	38292	43778
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)

	Intel Arc A380	AMD Radeon R9 390
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	GCN 2.0
Code name	DG2-128	Grenada
Launch date	14 Jun 2022	18 June 2015
Place in performance rating	313	312
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	2000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	28 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.397 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.198 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	2560
Pixel fill rate	65.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	131.2 GTexel/s	160.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	275 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	6,200 million
Compute units		40
Floating-point performance		5,120 gflops
Stream Processors		2560
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays		6
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	42 mm, 1.7 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	222 mm, 8.7 inches	275 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin
Width	114 mm, 4.5 inches
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Mantle
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	186.0 GB/s	384 GB/s
Memory bus width	96 bit	512 bit
Memory clock speed	1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore