
amd
Brand8GB HBM2
Memory3584
Cores409.6 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX Vega 56

amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2816
Cores384 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 390X

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Radeon RX Vega 56
$399 • Aug 2017
Radeon R9 390X
$429 • Jun 2015
AMD Radeon R9 390X

Specs Comparison
Specification | AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 | AMD Radeon R9 390X |
---|---|---|
Memory Size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
Memory Type | HBM2 | GDDR5 |
TDP | 210 W | 275 W |
Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
Boost Clock | 1471 MHz | N/A |
Memory Bandwidth | 409.6 GB/s | 384 GB/s |
Process Size | 14nm | 28nm |
Architecture | GCN 5.0 | GCN 2.0 |
Shading Units | 3584 | 2816 |
RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
TMUs | 224 | 176 |
ROPs | 64 | 64 |
Memory Bus | 2048-bit | 512-bit |
Memory Clock | 800 MHz | 1500 MHz |
Pixel Rate | 94.14 GPixel/s | 67.2 GPixel/s |
Texture Rate | 409.6 GTexel/s | 384 GTexel/s |
FP32 Performance | 10.54 GFLOPS | 5.914 GFLOPS |
L2 Cache | 4.00 MB | 1.00 MB |
Die Size | 495 mm² | 438 mm² |
Transistors | 12500 Million | 6200 Million |
Required PSU | 550 W | 600 W |
Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
DirectX | 12.1 | 12 |
Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks


3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
AMD Radeon R9 390X


Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
AMD Radeon R9 390X


GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
AMD Radeon R9 390X


PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
AMD Radeon R9 390X
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
AMD • 8GB HBM2

AMD Radeon R9 390X
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
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