Radeon RX 560 vs Radeon R9 390

Radeon RX 560
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 1 Apr 2017
Radeon RX 560
Radeon R9 390
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 18 Jun 2015
Radeon R9 390

Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 560

200 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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon R9 390

HWBench recommends Radeon R9 390

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 560Radeon R9 390
GPU NameBaffin (Baffin XT)vsGrenada (Grenada PRO)
Fab Process14 nmvs28 nm
Die Size123 mm²vs438 mm²
Transistors3,000 millionvs6,200 million
Shaders1024vs2560
Compute Units16vs40
Core clock1090 MHzvs1000 MHz
ROPs16vs64
TMUs64vs160

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 560Radeon R9 390
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs512 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective
vs1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs8192 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 560Radeon R9 390
TDP75 wattsvs275 watts
Release Date1 Apr 2017vs18 Jun 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 560
    19.20 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 390
    64.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 560
    76.80 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 390
    160.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 560
    112.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 390
    384.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 560
    2457.60 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 390
    5120.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better