Radeon R9 390 X2 vs RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking660not rated
Place by popularity39not in top-100
Power efficiency20.60no data
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameVega Raven RidgeGrenada
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date26 October 2017 (7 years ago)3 September 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,399

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 cores5122560
Core clock speed300 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1200 MHzno data
Number of transistors9,800 million6,200 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt580 Watt
Texture fill rate57.60160.0
Floating-point processing power1.843 TFLOPS5.12 TFLOPS
ROPs864
TMUs32160

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 3.0 x16
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone4x 8-pin

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared8 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared512 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1350 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data345.6 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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.3
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.12.0
Vulkan1.21.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 October 2017 3 September 2015
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 580 Watt

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 3766.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) and Radeon R9 390 X2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is a notebook card while Radeon R9 390 X2 is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
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