Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB vs R9 390 X2

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	47
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	RDNA 4 (2025)
GPU code name	Grenada	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	3 September 2015 (10 years ago)	2 January 2025 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,399	no data

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	2560 ×2	2048
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	2530 MHz
Number of transistors	6,200 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	580 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	160.0 ×2	no data
Floating-point processing power	5.12 TFLOPS ×2	no data
ROPs	64 ×2	no data
TMUs	160 ×2	no data
L1 Cache	640 KB	no data
L2 Cache	1024 KB	no 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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Width	3-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	4x 8-pin	no data

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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB ×2	16 GB
Memory bus width	512 Bit ×2	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1350 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	345.6 GB/s ×2	no data
Shared memory	-	-
Resizable BAR	-	+

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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	no data
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	no data
Shader Model	6.3	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 September 2015	2 January 2025
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	4 nm

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