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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon R9 390X

163%
163%

AMD Radeon R9 380

62%
62%
AMD Radeon R9 390X is approximately 101% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon R9 390XAMD Radeon R9 380
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Grenada
Antigua
CoresDifferent
2816
1792
TMUsDifferent
176
112
ROPsDifferent
64
32
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
512 bit
256 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 390XAMD Radeon R9 380
GPU NameDifferent
Grenada
Antigua
GPU VariantDifferent
Grenada XT(215-0880004)
Antigua PRO(215-0877000)
ArchitectureDifferent
GCN 2.0
GCN 3.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process Size
28 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
6,200 million
5,000 million
DensityDifferent
14.2M / mm²
13.7M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
438 mm²
366 mm²

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 390XAMD Radeon R9 380
Release Date
Jun 18th, 2015
Jun 18th, 2015
Generation
Pirate Islands(R9 300)
Pirate Islands(R9 300)
Predecessor
Volcanic Islands
Volcanic Islands
Successor
Arctic Islands
Arctic Islands
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
429 USD
199 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
60 in our database
39 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 390XAMD Radeon R9 380
GPU ClockDifferent
1050 MHz
970 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
1500 MHz6 Gbps effective
1375 MHz5.5 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 390XAMD Radeon R9 380
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
512 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
384.0 GB/s
176.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 390XAMD Radeon R9 380
Shading UnitsDifferent
2816
1792
TMUsDifferent
176
112
ROPsDifferent
64
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
44
28
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
1024 KB
512 KB

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 390XAMD Radeon R9 380
Pixel RateDifferent
67.20 GPixel/s
31.04 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
184.8 GTexel/s
108.6 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
5.914 TFLOPS
3.476 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
739.2 GFLOPS (1:8)
217.3 GFLOPS (1:16)
FP16 (half)Different
N/A
3.476 TFLOPS (1:1)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 390XAMD Radeon R9 380
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
275 mm10.8 inches
221 mm8.7 inches
HeightDifferent
109 mm4.3 inches
111 mm4.4 inches
WidthDifferent
36 mm1.4 inches
N/A
TDPDifferent
275 W
190 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
600 W
450 W
Outputs
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
2x 6-pin
Board NumberDifferent
109-C67157-00_02, C679-37
C766

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 390XAMD Radeon R9 380
DirectX
12 (12_0)
12 (12_0)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
2.1
Vulkan
1.2.170
1.2.170
Shader Model
6.5
6.5

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