Radeon RX Vega 56 vs Radeon R9 390
Summary
Radeon RX Vega 56
147%
Radeon R9 390
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX Vega 56 |
| 47% higher gaming performance. |
| 65 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 390 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Vega 56
The Radeon RX Vega 56 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (24 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX Vega 56 | | Radeon R9 390 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Vega 10 (Vega 10 XL) | vs | Grenada (Grenada PRO) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 484 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 12,500 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 3584 | vs | 2560 |
| Compute Units | 56 | vs | 40 |
| Core clock | 1156 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 224 | vs | 160 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX Vega 56 | | Radeon R9 390 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | HBM2 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 2048 bit | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX Vega 56 | | Radeon R9 390 | |
|---|
| TDP | 210 watts | vs | 275 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Aug 2017 | vs | 18 Jun 2015 |
Radeon RX Vega 56
94.14 GP/s
Radeon R9 390
64.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX Vega 56
329.50 GT/s
Radeon R9 390
160.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX Vega 56
409.60 GB/s
Radeon R9 390
384.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX Vega 56
10544.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 390
5120.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
96
Radeon R9 390
72
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
75
Radeon R9 390
43
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
101
Radeon R9 390
61
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
116
Radeon R9 390
83
FPS (higher is better)
Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
75
Radeon R9 390
52
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality,16:1 HQ-AF,DirectX 12, windows 10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
124
Radeon R9 390
85
FPS (higher is better)
Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
123
Radeon R9 390
87
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
110
Radeon R9 390
75
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
65
Radeon R9 390
46
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
53
Radeon R9 390
33
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
74
Radeon R9 390
45
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
76
Radeon R9 390
56
FPS (higher is better)
Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
57
Radeon R9 390
42
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality,16:1 HQ-AF,DirectX 12, windows 10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
92
Radeon R9 390
61
FPS (higher is better)
Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
79
Radeon R9 390
63
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
80
Radeon R9 390
50
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX12 Windows10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
34
Radeon R9 390
21
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
30
Radeon R9 390
23
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality DirectX11 Windows10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
39
Radeon R9 390
23
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
38
Radeon R9 390
27
FPS (higher is better)
Very high Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
35
Radeon R9 390
25
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality,16:1 HQ-AF,DirectX 12, windows 10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
53
Radeon R9 390
34
FPS (higher is better)
Maximun Quality, DX11, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
39
Radeon R9 390
32
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX Vega 56
48
Radeon R9 390
33
FPS (higher is better)