Radeon R9 380 vs Radeon R9 390 X2
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 380 |
| 390 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 390 X2 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 X2 |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 X2
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon R9 380 | | Radeon R9 390 X2 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Antigua (Antigua PRO) | vs | Grenada (Grenada PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 366 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,000 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 1792 | vs | 2560 |
| Compute Units | 28 | vs | 40 |
| Core clock | 970 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 112 | vs | 160 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R9 380 | | Radeon R9 390 X2 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 512 bit x2 |
| Memory Speed | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective | vs | 1350 MHz
5400 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R9 380 | | Radeon R9 390 X2 | |
|---|
| TDP | 190 watts | vs | 580 watts |
| Release Date | 18 Jun 2015 | vs | 3 Sep 2015 |
Radeon R9 380
31.04 GP/s
Radeon R9 390 X2
128.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon R9 380
108.60 GT/s
Radeon R9 390 X2
320.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon R9 380
176.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 390 X2
692.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon R9 380
3476.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 390 X2
10240.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better