ATI VGA Wonder vs Radeon R9 390 X2
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) | Wonder (1990−1992) |
| GPU code name | Grenada | 18800-1 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 3 September 2015 (10 years ago) | 5 February 1990 (36 years 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 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | 10 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 6,200 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 800 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 | 1 |
| 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 | PCI |
| Width | 3-slot | 1-slot |
| 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 | DRAM |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB ×2 | 256 KB |
| Memory bus width | 512 Bit ×2 | 32 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1350 MHz | 10 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 345.6 GB/s ×2 | 40 MB/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 Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 1x VGA |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | N/A |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | N/A |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 September 2015 | 5 February 1990 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 256 KB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 800 nm |
R9 390 X2 has an age advantage of 25 years, a 3276700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2757% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 390 X2 and VGA Wonder. We've got no test results to judge.
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