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Average Bench: 65.4% (25th of 544)

Based on 24,954 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: 56%Average: 65.4% Great: 70%

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Above average average bench

The AMD R9 390 averaged 34.6% 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) 196fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 254fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 390 is just 14.6%. 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) 155fps
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 124fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 24,954 samples)
Rank 2565.4%
Min Avg Max
141 Lighting 196 216
135 Reflection 155 167
203 Parallax 254 284
67.1% 202 fps
Min Avg Max
113 MRender 124 134
149 Gravity 161 173
161 Splatting 175 187
64.1% 154 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
MSI(1462 2015)
CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.4
69.1% Good
Lighting 210
Reflection 163
Parallax 270
72% 214 fps
MRender 130
Gravity 169
Splatting 185
67% 162 fps
Asus(1043 04ED) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.9.1
68.5% Good
Lighting 203
Reflection 163
Parallax 274
71% 213 fps
MRender 132
Gravity 169
Splatting 180
67% 160 fps
Sapphire(174B E324)
CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.9.2
68% Good
Lighting 207
Reflection 164
Parallax 261
70% 211 fps
MRender 131
Gravity 167
Splatting 180
66% 159 fps
MSI(1462 2015)
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4
67.7% Good
Lighting 208
Reflection 161
Parallax 257
70% 209 fps
MRender 129
Gravity 167
Splatting 180
66% 158 fps
XFX(1682 9390)
CLim: 1015 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.9.1
67.2% Good
Lighting 200
Reflection 159
Parallax 268
70% 209 fps
MRender 127
Gravity 165
Splatting 180
66% 157 fps
Sapphire(174B E324)
CLim: 1010 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.8.2
65.9% Good
Lighting 200
Reflection 159
Parallax 251
68% 204 fps
MRender 126
Gravity 163
Splatting 176
65% 155 fps
MSI(1462 2015)
CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.8.2
65.8% Good
Lighting 198
Reflection 155
Parallax 255
68% 203 fps
MRender 124
Gravity 162
Splatting 176
64% 154 fps
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 5,101,331 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 24,954 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
MSI(1462 2015) 33% 66% ± 6%
MSI R9 390 8GB Gaming
R9 390 GAMING 8G
Sapphire(174B E324) 25% 65% ± 10%
Sapphire R9 390 8GB Nitro Tri-X OC +BP
11244-01-20G
AmazonUS $345.001 day ago.
EbayUS $890.001 min ago.
Sapphire R9 390 8GB Nitro Tri-X OC
11244-00-20G
AmazonUS $383.121 month ago.
EbayUS $700.358 secs ago.
XFX(1682 9390) 13% 64% ± 8%
XFX R9 390 8GB Black
R9-390P-D28M
AmazonUS $339.9916 months ago.
XFX R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation
R9-390P-8256
AmazonUS $349.269 months ago.
EbayUS $859.9848 secs ago.
XFX R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation
R9-390P-F28M
AmazonUS $319.997 months ago.
XFX R9 390 8GB Black Nero
R9-390P-8DF6
EbayUS $800.9817 mins ago.
Gigabyte(1458 22BD) 10% 66% ± 5%
Asus(1043 04ED) 6% 68% ± 2%
Asus(1043 04DD) 4% 61% ± 14%
Asus R9 390 8GB STRIX
STRIX-R9390-DC3OC-8GD5-GAMING
AmazonUS $304.506 months ago.
PowerColor(148C 2358) 4% 64% ± 4%
Asus(1043 04D9) 3% 64% ± 2%
PwrHis(1787 2358) 2% 66% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 22C1) 1% 66% ± 2%
PwrHis(1787 2020) 0% 63% ± 0%
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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $158

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Core i7-6700KIntel  $290Bench 92%, 134,212 samples8,227x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $216Bench 88%, 86,171 samples5,919x
Core i7-6700Intel  $297Bench 79%, 38,281 samples975x
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R9 390AMD  $304Bench 65%, 24,954 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $97Bench 95%, 163,629 samples2,914x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $150Bench 97%, 101,328 samples1,981x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $55Bench 47%, 79,067 samples505x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $155Bench 83%, 32,832 samples1,468x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 84%, 6,965 samples873x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $141Bench 70%, 11,746 samples834x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $1,004

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GPUPro
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Official site www.amd.com/...

Added 2 years ago.
USA-User
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2,254

Good (edit your comment) Add link

1 day ago.

Hawaii never dies.

GBR-User
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1,684

Excellent

21 days ago.

Alright card for 2017. Not the best. Specially when RX480 Is out.

DEU-User
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1,665

Excellent

7 days ago.

works with 4k on my 65" tv screen. with newest games.

CAN-User
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1,560

Good

1 day ago.

really dislike this Sapphire R 9 390 Nitro

POL-User
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1,460

Poor

29 days ago.

Very good graphic card :)

AUS-User
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1,366

Excellent

2 days ago.

Excellent card.

VNM-User
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1,315

Poor

5 months ago.

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

MYS-User
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1,125

Good

6 months ago.

best card for the price

BGR-User
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1,104

Excellent

5 days ago.

nice

HRV-User
Avatar level
1,004

Good

1 month 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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893

Excellent

2 years ago.

ISL-User
Avatar level
292

Good

8 months ago.

Good card

GamingEliot
Avatar level
156

Average

2 days ago.

Good, but hot.

jadygamer
Avatar level
12

Excellent

18 months ago.

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

vasboz
Avatar level
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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4

Excellent

24 months ago.

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

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