Radeon R9 390 X2 vs Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-45 1.7 TFLOPS
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 633 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 23.44 | no data |
| Architecture | no data | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) |
| GPU code name | no data | Grenada |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 3 September 2024 (1 year ago) | 3 September 2015 (10 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $1,399 |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 768 | 2560 ×2 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 1000 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 6,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 580 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 160.0 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 5.12 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | no data | 64 ×2 |
| TMUs | no data | 160 ×2 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 640 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 1024 KB |
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).
| Interface | no data | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 3-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 4x 8-pin |
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 type | LPDDR5x | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 8 GB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 512 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | 8448 MHz | 1350 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 345.6 GB/s ×2 |
| Shared memory | + | - |
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 Connectors | no data | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12_1 | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.3 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 September 2024 | 3 September 2015 |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 580 Watt |
Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-45 1.7 TFLOPS has an age advantage of 9 years, a 600% more advanced lithography process, and 2800% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-45 1.7 TFLOPS and Radeon R9 390 X2. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-45 1.7 TFLOPS is a notebook graphics card while Radeon R9 390 X2 is a desktop one.
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