Radeon RX 480 vs R9 390 X2

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	245
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	15.64
Power efficiency	no data	10.32
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	Grenada	Ellesmere
GCN generation	no data	4th Gen
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	no data	reference
Release date	3 September 2015 (9 years ago)	29 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,399	$229

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	2304
Compute units	no data	36
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	1120 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1266 MHz
Number of transistors	6,200 million	5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	580 Watt	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	160.0	182.3
Floating-point processing power	5.12 TFLOPS	5.834 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	32
TMUs	160	144

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	no data	n/a
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	241 mm
Width	3-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	4x 8-pin	1x 6-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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1350 MHz	8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	345.6 GB/s	224 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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Eyefinity	-	+
HDMI	+	2.0
DisplayPort support	-	1.4HDR

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration	-	n/a
CrossFire	-	+
Enduro	-	n/a
FRTC	-	+
FreeSync	-	+
HD3D	-	n/a
LiquidVR	-	+
PowerTune	-	+
TressFX	-	+
TrueAudio	-	n/a
ZeroCore	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	DirectX® 12
Shader Model	6.3	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	+
Mantle	-	n/a

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 September 2015	29 June 2016
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	580 Watt	150 Watt

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