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Graphics card overview

Radeon R9 390

AMD

Radeon R9 390

8192 Mb GDDR5 Released 18 Jun 2015 DESKTOP
Radeon R9 390

Core configuration

GPUGrenada
ArchitectureAMD_GCN_1_1
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs2560 : 160 : 64
Raytracing Coresnone
Performance5120.00 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size8192 Mb
Memory Bus Width512 bit
Memory Speed1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth384.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon R9 390 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 390 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  • Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 390 Radeon R9 390 GeForce GTX 1660 GeForce GTX 1660 Compare GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps Compare Radeon RX 580 Radeon RX 580 Compare Radeon RX 570 Radeon RX 570 Compare
Shader units 2560 1280 1280 2304 2048
ROPs 64 48 48 32 32
Graphics processor Grenada TU116 GP106 Ellesmere Ellesmere
Process size 28 nm 12 nm 16 nm 14 nm 14 nm
Memory 8192 Mb GDDR5 (1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective)		 6144 Mb GDDR5 (2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective)		 6144 Mb GDDR5 (2257 MHz
9028 MHz effective)		 8192 Mb GDDR5 (2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR5 (1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective)
Memory bus width 512 bit 192 bit 192 bit 256 bit 256 bit
Memory bandwidth 384.00 Gb/s 192.00 Gb/s 216.70 Gb/s 256.00 Gb/s 211.20 Gb/s
Release date 18 Jun 2015 15 Mar 2019 20 Apr 2017 1 Apr 2017 1 Apr 2017

Benchmarks

Deus Ex Mankind Divided

  • GeForce GTX 1660 73
  • Radeon R9 390 72
  • Radeon RX 580 71
  • Radeon RX 570 66
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 63

FPS (higher is better)

Deus Ex Mankind Divided

  • GeForce GTX 1660 48
  • Radeon R9 390 46
  • Radeon RX 580 45
  • Radeon RX 570 42
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 40

FPS (higher is better)

Deus Ex Mankind Divided

  • GeForce GTX 1660 25
  • Radeon RX 580 22
  • Radeon R9 390 21
  • Radeon RX 570 20
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 20

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 5

  • Radeon RX 580 75
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 69
  • Radeon RX 570 66
  • Radeon R9 390 61

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 5

  • Radeon RX 580 53
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 47
  • Radeon RX 570 47
  • Radeon R9 390 45

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 5

  • Radeon RX 580 27
  • GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 24
  • Radeon RX 570 24
  • Radeon R9 390 23

FPS (higher is better)