Radeon R9 390X Overview

Radeon R9 390X
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 18 Jun 2015
Radeon R9 390X

Core Configuration

GPU Grenada
Architecture AMD_GCN_1_1
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs 2816 : 176 : 64
Raytracing Cores none
Performance 5914.00 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size 8192 Mb
Memory Bus Width 512 bit
Memory Speed 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth 384.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

  • GeForce RTX 4090
    713%
  • GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
    625%
  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    586%
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    536%
  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    525%
  • GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
    516%
  • GeForce RTX 3090
    502%
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    481%
  • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
    449%
  • Radeon RX 6900 XT
    445%
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    433%
  • GeForce RTX 4070
    421%
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    411%
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    408%
  • Radeon RX 6800
    365%
  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    349%
  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    347%
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    309%
  • GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
    305%
  • Radeon RX 6700 XT
    289%
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    278%
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
    271%
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    239%
  • Radeon RX 7600
    232%
  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    229%
  • Geforce GTX TITAN Xp
    224%
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    222%
  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    219%
  • GeForce RTX 3060
    218%
  • Radeon VII
    214%
  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    213%
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    206%
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    205%
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    186%
  • Radeon RX 5700
    182%
  • Radeon RX 6600
    177%
  • GeForce RTX 2070
    172%
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    163%
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    158%
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    157%
  • Radeon RX 5600 XT
    153%
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    149%
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    147%
  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    142%
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    137%
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    134%
  • GeForce GTX 1070
    128%
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    117%
  • GeForce GTX 1660
    116%
  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    113%
  • Radeon RX 590
    110%
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    109%
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    106%
  • Radeon RX 580
    100%
  • Radeon R9 390X
    100%
  • Radeon R9 FURY X
    99%
  • Radeon RX 480
    91%
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    90%
  • Radeon RX 570
    89%
  • GeForce GTX 980
    89%
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    89%
  • Radeon RX 6400
    87%
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    86%
  • Radeon RX 470
    80%
  • GeForce GTX 970
    74%
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    73%
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    58%
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    51%

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon R9 390X is a graphics card released by AMD on 18 Jun 2015. The graphics card houses the Grenada die, based on the AMD_GCN_1_1 architecture which packs 6,200 million transistors on a 28 nm, 438 mm2 die.

Radeon R9 390X pros and cons

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



Specifications


Compared to similar performing cards

Radeon R9 390XRadeon RX 6500 XTRadeon RX 5500 XTGeForce GTX 1650 SUPERGeForce GTX 1660
Radeon R9 390XRadeon RX 6500 XTRadeon RX 5500 XTGeForce GTX 1650 SUPERGeForce GTX 1660
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Shader units28161024140812801280
ROPs6432323248
Graphics processorGrenadaNavi 24Navi 14TU116TU116
Process size28 nm6 nm7 nm12 nm12 nm
Memory8192 Mb GDDR5 (1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective)
4096 Mb GDDR6 (2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective)
4096 Mb GDDR6 (1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective)
4096 Mb GDDR6 (1500 MHz
12000 MHz effective)
6144 Mb GDDR5 (2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective)
Memory bus width512 bit64 bit128 bit128 bit192 bit
Memory bandwidth384.00 Gb/s144.00 Gb/s224.00 Gb/s192.00 Gb/s192.00 Gb/s
Release date18 Jun 201519 Jan 202212 Dec 201922 Nov 201915 Mar 2019

Benchmarks

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • GeForce GTX 1660
    68
  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    66
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    66
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    64
  • Radeon R9 390X
    56

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • GeForce GTX 1660
    45
  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    43
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    42
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    40
  • Radeon R9 390X
    38

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    22
  • GeForce GTX 1660
    22
  • Radeon R9 390X
    20
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    18

FPS (higher is better)