amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2816
Cores384 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 390X
amd
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2560
Cores320 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 290
AMD Radeon R9 390X
Radeon R9 390X
$429 • Jun 2015
Radeon R9 290
$399 • Nov 2013
AMD Radeon R9 290
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon R9 390X | AMD Radeon R9 290 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 275 W | 275 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Memory Bandwidth | 384 GB/s | 320 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 | GCN 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 2816 | 2560 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 176 | 160 |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 512-bit | 512-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1500 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 67.2 GPixel/s | 60.61 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 384 GTexel/s | 320 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 5.914 GFLOPS | 4.849 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.00 MB | 1.00 MB |
| Die Size | 438 mm² | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 6200 Million | 6200 Million |
| Required PSU | 600 W | 600 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon R9 390X
AMD Radeon R9 290
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon R9 390X
AMD Radeon R9 290
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon R9 390X
AMD Radeon R9 290
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon R9 390X
AMD Radeon R9 290
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon R9 390X Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon R9 390X
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon R9 290
AMD • 4GB GDDR5
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