Radeon RX 5500 XT vs Radeon R9 390X
Summary
Radeon RX 5500 XT
103%
Radeon R9 390X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 5500 XT |
| 145 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) |
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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (9 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 5500 XT | | Radeon R9 390X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 14 (Navi 14 XTX
(215-0932396)) | vs | Grenada (Grenada XT) |
| Fab Process | 7 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 158 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 6,400 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 1408 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 22 | vs | 44 |
| Core clock | 1607 MHz | vs | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 88 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 5500 XT | | Radeon R9 390X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 512 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 5500 XT | | Radeon R9 390X | |
|---|
| TDP | 130 watts | vs | 275 watts |
| Release Date | 12 Dec 2019 | vs | 18 Jun 2015 |
Radeon RX 5500 XT
59.04 GP/s
Radeon R9 390X
67.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500 XT
162.40 GT/s
Radeon R9 390X
184.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500 XT
224.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 390X
384.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 5500 XT
5196.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 390X
5914.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
78
Radeon R9 390X
75
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
85
Radeon R9 390X
80
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
66
Radeon R9 390X
56
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
59
Radeon R9 390X
56
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
57
Radeon R9 390X
59
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
43
Radeon R9 390X
38
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
33
Radeon R9 390X
33
FPS (higher is better)
Very High Quality TAA, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
26
Radeon R9 390X
33
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 5500 XT
22
Radeon R9 390X
20
FPS (higher is better)