Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Radeon R9 390X
Summary
Radeon RX 6500 XT
113%
Radeon R9 390X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6500 XT |
| 13% higher gaming performance. |
| 168 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 390X . |
| 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) |
| Infinity Cache allows to deliver up to 3.25x the effective memory bandwidth |
| Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR) |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 390X |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX 6500 XT
The Radeon RX 6500 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | Radeon R9 390X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 24 (Navi 24 XT) | vs | Grenada (Grenada XT) |
| Fab Process | 6 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 107 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,400 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 44 |
| Core clock | 2200 MHz | vs | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | Radeon R9 390X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | Radeon R9 390X | |
|---|
| TDP | 107 watts | vs | 275 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Jan 2022 | vs | 18 Jun 2015 |
Radeon RX 6500 XT
90.08 GP/s
Radeon R9 390X
67.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
180.20 GT/s
Radeon R9 390X
184.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
144.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 390X
384.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
5765.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 390X
5914.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
64
Radeon R9 390X
56
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
67
Radeon R9 390X
52
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
40
Radeon R9 390X
38
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
44
Radeon R9 390X
41
FPS (higher is better)