AMD Radeon R9 390 X2: specs and benchmarks
Summary
AMD started Radeon R9 390 X2 sales 3 September 2015 at a recommended price of $1,399 . This is a desktop graphics card based on a GCN 2.0 architecture and made with 28 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 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
Some basic facts about Radeon R9 390 X2: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) | |
| GPU code name | Grenada | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 3 September 2015 (8 years old) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,399 | |
| Current price | $225 (0.2x MSRP) | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Technical specs
Radeon R9 390 X2's specs 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 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| 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 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 580 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 160.0 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
| Floating-point performance | 2x 5,120 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Radeon R9 390 X2 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for 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 have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| 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 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Memory bandwidth | 345.6 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
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 graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| 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
According to our data, the closest NVIDIA alternative to Radeon R9 390 X2 is GeForce GTX TITAN Z.
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