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Graphics card overview

Radeon R9 390X

AMD

Radeon R9 390X

8192 Mb GDDR5 Released 18 Jun 2015 DESKTOP
Radeon R9 390X

Core configuration

GPUGrenada
ArchitectureAMD_GCN_1_1
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs2816 : 176 : 64
Raytracing Coresnone
Performance5914.00 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 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  • Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 390X Radeon R9 390X Radeon RX 6500 XT Radeon RX 6500 XT Compare Radeon RX 5500 XT Radeon RX 5500 XT Compare GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER Compare GeForce GTX 1660 GeForce GTX 1660 Compare
Shader units 2816 1024 1408 1280 1280
ROPs 64 32 32 32 48
Graphics processor Grenada Navi 24 Navi 14 TU116 TU116
Process size 28 nm 6 nm 7 nm 12 nm 12 nm
Memory 8192 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 width 512 bit 64 bit 128 bit 128 bit 192 bit
Memory bandwidth 384.00 Gb/s 144.00 Gb/s 224.00 Gb/s 192.00 Gb/s 192.00 Gb/s
Release date 18 Jun 2015 19 Jan 2022 12 Dec 2019 22 Nov 2019 15 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)