Radeon R9 280X vs Radeon R9 390
Summary
Radeon R9 280X
100%
Radeon R9 390
162%
Relative performance
Radeon R9 280X
100%
Radeon R9 390
158%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 280X |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 390 |
| 58% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 390
The Radeon R9 390 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (9 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon R9 280X | | Radeon R9 390 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Tahiti (Tahiti XTL) | vs | Grenada (Grenada PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,313 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | vs | 2560 |
| Compute Units | 32 | vs | 40 |
| Core clock | 850 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 160 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R9 280X | | Radeon R9 390 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R9 280X | | Radeon R9 390 | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 275 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Oct 2013 | vs | 18 Jun 2015 |
Radeon R9 280X
27.20 GP/s
Radeon R9 390
64.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon R9 280X
109.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 390
160.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon R9 280X
288.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 390
384.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon R9 280X
3482.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 390
5120.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon R9 280X
10960
Radeon R9 390
17820
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon R9 280X
40
Radeon R9 390
58
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon R9 280X
48
Radeon R9 390
83
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon R9 280X
42
Radeon R9 390
75
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon R9 280X
30
Radeon R9 390
38
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon R9 280X
32
Radeon R9 390
56
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon R9 280X
32
Radeon R9 390
50
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA
Radeon R9 280X
18
Radeon R9 390
24
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon R9 280X
14
Radeon R9 390
27
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon R9 280X
22
Radeon R9 390
33
FPS (higher is better)