GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs Radeon R9 390

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 390 and GeForce RTX 2070 Super, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R9 390
2015
0 MB GDDR5, 275 Watt
23.12

RTX 2070 Super outperforms R9 390 by a whopping 105% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking24271
Place by popularitynot in top-10080
Cost-effectiveness evaluation11.7841.42
Power efficiency5.7715.10
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGrenadaTU104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date18 June 2015 (9 years ago)9 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329 $499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 2070 Super has 252% better value for money than R9 390.

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 cores25602560
Core clock speedno data1605 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)275 Watt215 Watt
Texture fill rate160.0283.2
Floating-point processing power5.12 TFLOPS9.062 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs160160
Tensor Coresno data320
Ray Tracing Coresno data40

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length275 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
High bandwidth memory (HBM)-no data
Maximum RAM amount0 MB8 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth384 GB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Eyefinity+-
Number of Eyefinity displays6no data
HDMI++
DisplayPort support+-
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-
PowerTune+-
TrueAudio+-
VCE+-
DDMA audio+no data
VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.36.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan+1.2.131
Mantle+-
CUDA-7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R9 390 23.12
RTX 2070 Super 47.31
+105%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

R9 390 8904
RTX 2070 Super 18220
+105%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

R9 390 12730
RTX 2070 Super 24640
+93.6%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD60−65
−120%
132
+120%
1440p35−40
−129%
80
+129%
4K21−24
−133%
49
+133%

Cost per frame, $

1080p5.483.78
1440p9.406.24
4K15.6710.18

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 94
+0%
94
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 104
+0%
104
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 88
+0%
88
+0%
Battlefield 5 183
+0%
183
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 119
+0%
119
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 84
+0%
84
+0%
Far Cry 5 149
+0%
149
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 158
+0%
158
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 277
+0%
277
+0%
Hitman 3 116
+0%
116
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 279
+0%
279
+0%
Metro Exodus 144
+0%
144
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 122
+0%
122
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 203
+0%
203
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 229
+0%
229
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 172
+0%
172
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 74
+0%
74
+0%
Battlefield 5 172
+0%
172
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120
+0%
120
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 78
+0%
78
+0%
Far Cry 5 120
+0%
120
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 120
+0%
120
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 258
+0%
258
+0%
Hitman 3 113
+0%
113
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 270
+0%
270
+0%
Metro Exodus 144
+0%
144
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 92
+0%
92
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 198
+0%
198
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 215
+0%
215
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65
+0%
65
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 66
+0%
66
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 91
+0%
91
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 73
+0%
73
+0%
Far Cry 5 83
+0%
83
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 153
+0%
153
+0%
Hitman 3 104
+0%
104
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 156
+0%
156
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 167
+0%
167
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 100
+0%
100
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 68
+0%
68
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 114
+0%
114
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 118
+0%
118
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 86
+0%
86
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 57
+0%
57
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 53
+0%
53
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 73
+0%
73
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 47
+0%
47
+0%
Far Cry 5 66
+0%
66
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 255
+0%
255
+0%
Hitman 3 71
+0%
71
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 118
+0%
118
+0%
Metro Exodus 91
+0%
91
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 123
+0%
123
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 215
+0%
215
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 95
+0%
95
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 55
+0%
55
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 48
+0%
48
+0%
Hitman 3 42
+0%
42
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 129
+0%
129
+0%
Metro Exodus 78
+0%
78
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 68
+0%
68
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 39
+0%
39
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 32
+0%
32
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 44
+0%
44
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 23
+0%
23
+0%
Far Cry 5 35
+0%
35
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 84
+0%
84
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65
+0%
65
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 29
+0%
29
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 59
+0%
59
+0%

This is how R9 390 and RTX 2070 Super compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2070 Super is 120% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2070 Super is 129% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2070 Super is 133% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 23.12 47.31
Recency 18 June 2015 9 July 2019
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 275 Watt 215 Watt

RTX 2070 Super has a 104.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 27.9% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 390 in performance tests.


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AMD Radeon R9 390
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