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Release date: Q2 2015.

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Average Bench: 66.4% (38th of 596)

Based on 42,378 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: 59%Average: 66.4% Great: 70%

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Above average average bench

The AMD R9 390 averaged 33.5% 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) 195fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 259fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 390 is just 11.1%. 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) 158fps
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 128fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 42,378 samples)
Rank 3866.4%
Min Avg Max
148 Lighting 195 214
148 Reflection 158 166
234 Parallax 259 287
67.6% 204 fps
Min Avg Max
122 MRender 128 134
155 Gravity 165 174
171 Splatting 179 189
65.6% 157 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: 18.10.1
67.6% Good
Lighting 208
Reflection 159
Parallax 254
70% 207 fps
MRender 129
Gravity 166
Splatting 182
66% 159 fps
XFX(1682 9390)
CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.9.3
67.5% Good
Lighting 196
Reflection 163
Parallax 271
69% 210 fps
MRender 131
Gravity 166
Splatting 181
66% 159 fps
MSI(1462 2015)
CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.5.1
67.5% Good
Lighting 208
Reflection 158
Parallax 251
69% 205 fps
MRender 130
Gravity 167
Splatting 180
66% 159 fps
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 Game FPS Estimates

Average fps @ 1080p with maximum detail settings for 12 popular games:

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: 179 fps Grand Theft Auto V: 45 fps PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds: 59 fps Overwatch: 100 fps League of Legends: 174 fps Fortnite: 78 fps Battlefield 1: 68 fps The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: 54 fps World of Warcraft: 50 fps DOTA 2: 112 fps World of Tanks: 99 fps Battlefield 4: 98 fps

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 12,045,760 GPUs tested.

 Popular Cards

Based on statistics from 42,378 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $329 @ launch in Jun '15)
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MSI(1462 2015) 31% 67% ± 5%
MSI R9 390 8GB Gaming
R9 390 GAMING 8G
Sapphire(174B E324) 26% 67% ± 3%
Sapphire R9 390 8GB Nitro Tri-X OC +BP
11244-01-20G
AmazonUS $3459 months
Sapphire R9 390 8GB Nitro Tri-X OC
11244-00-20G
AmazonUS $38315 months
XFX(1682 9390) 12% 65% ± 4%
XFX R9 390 8GB Black
R9-390P-D28M
AmazonUS $3402 years
XFX R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation
R9-390P-8256
AmazonUS $34923 months
EbayUS $53531 mins
XFX R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation
R9-390P-F28M
AmazonUS $32012 months
XFX R9 390 8GB Black Nero
R9-390P-8DF6
Gigabyte(1458 22BD) 11% 65% ± 10%
PowerColor(148C 2358) 6% 65% ± 5%
Asus(1043 04ED) 5% 68% ± 4%
Asus(1043 04DD) 4% 68% ± 2%
Asus R9 390 8GB STRIX
STRIX-R9390-DC3OC-8GD5-GAMING
AmazonUS $30419 months
Gigabyte(1458 22C1) 2% 66% ± 2%
Asus(1043 04D9) 1% 66% ± 3%
PwrHis(1787 2358) 1% 65% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 2020) 1% 65% ± 0%
Device(17AF 2390) 0% 66% ± 0%
Asus(1043 04EF) 0% 60% ± 0%
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Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) - $102

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $79Bench 56%, 132,678 samples6,483x
FX-6300AMD  $55Bench 46%, 111,184 samples3,105x
FX-8320AMD  $72Bench 50%, 57,477 samples1,820x
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R9 390AMD  $304Bench 66%, 42,378 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $85Bench 106%, 319,548 samples1,113x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $65Bench 53%, 131,333 samples749x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $102Bench 110%, 237,348 samples461x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 35,626 samples978x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX  $35Bench 51%, 18,378 samples526x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 55%, 24,289 samples295x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $570

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 Comments

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

Added 3 years ago.
USA-User
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Good (edit your comment) Add link

14 days ago.

Great performance for the price, capable of 1440p60 on many modern titles, best when coupled with freesync display

GBR-User
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2,830

Excellent

20 days ago.

had the asus strix 8gb dc3 oc for a couple of years and it still plays most games at max settings, love it

CAN-User
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2,450

Terrible

3 months ago.

really dislike this Sapphire R 9 390 Nitro

VNM-User
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1,901

Poor

18 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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1,378

Good

3 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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Excellent

3 years ago.

GamingEliot
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286

Average

13 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

3 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

3 years ago.

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

Xamrica
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4

Good

2 months ago.

375W TDP Sapphire nitro+

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