Radeon Pro 570X vs R9 390

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	240	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	11.76	no data
Power efficiency	5.86	no data
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	Grenada	Polaris 20
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Design	reference	no data
Release date	18 June 2015 (9 years ago)	18 March 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$329	no data

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	1792
Core clock speed	no data	1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1105 MHz
Number of transistors	6,200 million	5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	275 Watt	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	160.0	123.8
Floating-point processing power	5.12 TFLOPS	3.96 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	32
TMUs	160	112

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	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	275 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin	None
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
High bandwidth memory (HBM)	-	no data
Maximum RAM amount	0 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1700 MHz
Memory bandwidth	384 GB/s	217.6 GB/s

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	No outputs
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 compatibility

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

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

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	18 June 2015	18 March 2019
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	275 Watt	120 Watt

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