ATI Radeon X800 XL AGP vs R9 390

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	304	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	10.12	no data
Power efficiency	5.90	no data
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code name	Grenada	R430
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	18 June 2015 (10 years ago)	1 May 2004 (21 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$329	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	no data
Core clock speed	no data	400 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	6,200 million	160 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	275 Watt	49 Watt
Texture fill rate	160.0	6.400
Floating-point processing power	5.12 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	64	16
TMUs	160	16
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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	275 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin	1x Molex
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 type	GDDR5	GDDR3
High bandwidth memory (HBM)	-	no data
Maximum RAM amount	0 MB	256 MB
Memory bus width	512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	384 GB/s	32 GB/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 DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Eyefinity	+	-
Number of Eyefinity displays	6	no data
HDMI	+	-
DisplayPort 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

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	9.0b (9_2)
Shader Model	6.3	no data
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
OpenCL	2.0	N/A
Vulkan	+	N/A
Mantle	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	18 June 2015	1 May 2004
Chip lithography	28 nm	110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	275 Watt	49 Watt