Radeon R9 290 vs Radeon R9 390
Summary
Radeon R9 290
100%
Radeon R9 390
115%
Relative performance
Radeon R9 290
100%
Radeon R9 390
104%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 290 |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 390 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon R9 290 | | Radeon R9 390 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Hawaii (Hawaii PRO) | vs | Grenada (Grenada PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 438 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 6,200 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 2560 | vs | 2560 |
| Compute Units | 40 | vs | 40 |
| Core clock | 947 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 160 | vs | 160 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R9 290 | | Radeon R9 390 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 512 bit | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R9 290 | | Radeon R9 390 | |
|---|
| TDP | 275 watts | vs | 275 watts |
| Release Date | 5 Nov 2013 | vs | 18 Jun 2015 |
Radeon R9 290
60.60 GP/s
Radeon R9 390
64.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon R9 290
152.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 390
160.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon R9 290
320.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 390
384.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon R9 290
4849.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 390
5120.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon R9 290
15440
Radeon R9 390
17820
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon R9 290
53
Radeon R9 390
58
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon R9 290
38
Radeon R9 390
38
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon R9 290
23
Radeon R9 390
24
FPS (higher is better)