Playstation 3 RSX 28nm vs Radeon R9 390

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking310not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation10.14no data
Power efficiency5.92no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameGrenadaRSX-D5305L
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date18 June 2015 (11 years ago)3 June 2013 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2560no data
Core clock speedno data550 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors6,200 million302 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)275 Watt21 Watt
Texture fill rate160.013.20
Floating-point processing power5.12 TFLOPSno data
ROPs648
TMUs16024
L1 Cache640 KBno data
L2 Cache1024 KBno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16IGP
Length275 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pinno data
Bridgeless CrossFire+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR3
High bandwidth memory (HBM)-no data
Maximum RAM amount0 MB256 MB
Memory bus width512 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidth384 GB/s22.4 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
Eyefinity+-
Number of Eyefinity displays6no data
HDMI+-
DisplayPort support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-
PowerTune+-
TrueAudio+-
VCE+-
DDMA audio+no data

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDirectX® 12N/A
Shader Model6.3no data
OpenGL4.6ES 1.1
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan+N/A
Mantle+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 June 2015 3 June 2013
Power consumption (TDP) 275 Watt 21 Watt

R9 390 has an age advantage of 2 years.

Playstation 3 RSX 28nm, on the other hand, has 1210% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 390 and Playstation 3 RSX 28nm. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 390 is a desktop graphics card while Playstation 3 RSX 28nm is a notebook one.

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