AMD Radeon R9 390 X2: specs and benchmarks
- Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
- Core clock speed 1000 MHz
- Max video memory 8 GB
- Memory type GDDR5
- Memory clock speed 5400 MHz
- Maximum resolution
Summary
AMD started Radeon R9 390 X2 sales 3 September 2015 at a recommended price of $1,399. This is GCN 2.0 architecture desktop card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 8 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 5.4 GHz are supplied, and together with 512 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 345.6 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is triple-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. 4 8-pin power connectors are required, and power consumption is at 580 Watt.
We have no data on Radeon R9 390 X2 benchmark results.
General info
Of Radeon R9 390 X2's architecture, market segment and release date.
| Place in performance rating | not rated | |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) | |
| GPU code name | Grenada | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 3 September 2015 (6 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,399 | |
| Price now | $225 (0.2x MSRP) | of 49999 (A100 SXM4) |
Technical specs
Radeon R9 390 X2's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon R9 390 X2's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2560 | of 18432 (AD102) |
| Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 6,200 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | of 4 (H100 PCIe) |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 580 Watt | of 900 (Tesla S2050) |
| Texture fill rate | 160.0 | of 939.8 (H100 SXM5) |
| Floating-point performance | 2x 5,120 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on Radeon R9 390 X2's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
| Width | 3-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 4x 8-pin |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Radeon R9 390 X2: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bus width | 512 Bit | of 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB) |
| Memory clock speed | 5400 MHz | of 21000 (GeForce RTX 3090 Ti) |
| Memory bandwidth | 345.6 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon R9 390 X2. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | |
| HDMI | + |
API support
APIs supported by Radeon R9 390 X2, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 |
NVIDIA equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon R9 390 X2 from NVIDIA is GeForce GTX TITAN Z.
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