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Average Bench: 66% (37th of 592)

Based on 34,285 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 67B1 Models: AMD Radeon (TM) R9 390, AMD Radeon R9 300

The new AMD R9 390 is the direct successor to the R9 290. Both cards share the same GPU but the R9 390 is factory overclocked. The R9 390 has a 5% higher stock GPU clock, and a substantial stock memory clock increase of 20%. Additionally the R9 390 sports a minimum of 8GB of VRAM versus 4GB on the R9 290. At the current price levels of $329, the R9 390 can't compete given that R9 290s can be had for around $260. The increased VRAM will rarely help even at ultra high resolutions and in any case, most 4K gamers are likely to seek more GPU power than the R9 390 has to offer. We have seen several samples of the R9 390 and they scored an effective speed of 88.5% which, as expected, matches the speeds seen on overclocked R9 290s. On the face of it purchasing an R9 290 at a discount and then manually overclocking will result in the same performance as an R9 390 but with a saving of around $70. [Jun '15 GPUPro]

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Poor: 58%Average: 66% Great: 70%

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Above average average bench

The AMD R9 390 averaged 33.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 197fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 256fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 390 is just 12%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD R9 390 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 156fps
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 126fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 34,285 samples)
Rank 3766%
Min Avg Max
161 Lighting 197 212
139 Reflection 156 165
220 Parallax 256 287
67.6% 203 fps
Min Avg Max
116 MRender 126 132
150 Gravity 163 170
162 Splatting 177 186
64.8% 155 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
PwrHis(1787 2358) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1520 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.3.2
70.3% Very good
Lighting 212
Reflection 165
Parallax 288
74% 221 fps
MRender 132
Gravity 170
Splatting 183
68% 162 fps
Sapphire(174B E324)
CLim: 1055 MHz, MLim: 1550 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.5.1
68.6% Good
Lighting 213
Reflection 165
Parallax 263
72% 214 fps
MRender 130
Gravity 168
Splatting 180
66% 159 fps
MSI(1462 2015)
CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.6.1
67.4% Good
Lighting 208
Reflection 161
Parallax 262
70% 210 fps
MRender 127
Gravity 164
Splatting 178
65% 156 fps
Gigabyte(1458 22BD) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1025 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.6.1
66.6% Good
Lighting 200
Reflection 155
Parallax 258
68% 204 fps
MRender 127
Gravity 164
Splatting 180
65% 157 fps
PowerColor(148C 2358) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1010 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.6.1
64.9% Good
Lighting 200
Reflection 154
Parallax 242
67% 199 fps
MRender 126
Gravity 160
Splatting 173
64% 153 fps
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 9,259,793 GPUs tested.

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Based on statistics from 34,285 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $329 @ launch in Jun '15)
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MSI(1462 2015) 33% 66% ± 7%
MSI R9 390 8GB Gaming
R9 390 GAMING 8G
Sapphire(174B E324) 25% 66% ± 7%
Sapphire R9 390 8GB Nitro Tri-X OC +BP
11244-01-20G
AmazonUS $3455 months
EbayUS $89021 mins
Sapphire R9 390 8GB Nitro Tri-X OC
11244-00-20G
AmazonUS $38310 months
XFX(1682 9390) 15% 65% ± 3%
XFX R9 390 8GB Black
R9-390P-D28M
AmazonUS $3402 years
XFX R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation
R9-390P-8256
AmazonUS $34918 months
EbayUS $86020 mins
XFX R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation
R9-390P-F28M
AmazonUS $3207 months
XFX R9 390 8GB Black Nero
R9-390P-8DF6
EbayUS $80115 mins
Gigabyte(1458 22BD) 9% 65% ± 5%
Asus(1043 04ED) 7% 68% ± 3%
Asus(1043 04DD) 5% 64% ± 6%
Asus R9 390 8GB STRIX
STRIX-R9390-DC3OC-8GD5-GAMING
AmazonUS $30414 months
PowerColor(148C 2358) 3% 65% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 22C1) 1% 66% ± 2%
PwrHis(1787 2358) 1% 61% ± 11%
Asus(1043 04D9) 1% 64% ± 3%
Asus(1043 04E1) 0% 66% ± 0%
PwrHis(1787 2357) 0% 66% ± 0%
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Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) - $102

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FX-8350AMD  $95Bench 57%, 117,646 samples6,500x
FX-6300AMD  $60Bench 47%, 95,110 samples3,228x
FX-8320AMD  $92Bench 51%, 49,511 samples1,865x
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R9 390AMD  $304Bench 66%, 34,285 samples1x
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850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $104Bench 94%, 327,701 samples1,171x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $55Bench 47%, 133,517 samples818x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $138Bench 95%, 230,460 samples462x
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Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 58%, 32,153 samples1,050x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX  $35Bench 50%, 16,251 samples576x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 52%, 17,882 samples306x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Very good Total price: $606

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GPUPro
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USA-User
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3,852

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

5 days ago.

Paired with my AMD 8-core 4.2 GHz processor, this union runs all games at high resolution very well.

GBR-User
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2,484

Good

21 hrs ago.

great runs smooth

CAN-User
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2,184

Excellent

13 days ago.

really dislike this Sapphire R 9 390 Nitro

VNM-User
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1,719

Poor

13 months ago.

really nice card for the money. surpasses the gtx 970 which is around the same price point.

HRV-User
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1,270

Good

10 months ago.

I own Sapphire Nitro R9 390 8GB 1040 MHz model for more than a year. It is a power hungry GPU, but besides that it has excellent cooling, it's more than capable to provide smooth gaming @ 1920x1080 on highest possible settings and also capable pushing every single game out there @ 2560x1440 on high or even highest possible settings. It'll be more than enough for 4 years or so, especially for 1080p system.

GPUPro
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903

Excellent

3 years ago.

GamingEliot
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286

Average

9 months ago.

Good, but hot.

jadygamer
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12

Excellent

2 years ago.

Perfect GPU for gaming. Not need Upgrade Only XFire ;)

vasboz
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8

Outstanding

2 years ago.

I've gone from Two GTX670's in SLI to one of these cards and am thoroughly impressed!

xeon82
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Excellent

2 years ago.

I have it really good card in idle stay at 40 degree really fast

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