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Release date: Q2 2015.

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Average Bench: 71.5% (32nd of 599)

Based on 11,827 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 67B0 Models: AMD Radeon (TM) R9 390X, ASUS R9 390X, AMD Radeon (TM) R9 390, AMD Radeon R9 300

The AMD R9 390X is a rebadged power hungry (350W+) 290X. The 390X has a slightly increased GPU clock speed, a significantly increased memory speed and a higher minimum VRAM of 8GB but it shares the same core GPU hardware. Looking at the overclocked performance differences between the older 290X and the 390X shows that the two cards are approximately the same, which comes as no surprise considering that the 390X is actually just a factory overclocked 290X. Smart shoppers obviously won't be happy to pay AMD a premium of around $100 simply for overclocking a two year old 290X. That said the 390X does offer stellar performance, particularly at 4K resolutions and if prices drop significantly it could become a strong contender. We only have one MSI sample benchmark for the 390X so far so we will revisit this GPU when we have a better sample of all the available cards. [Jun '15 GPUPro]

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Poor: 56%Average: 71.5% Great: 77%

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Good average bench

The AMD R9 390X averaged 28.4% 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) 212fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 188fps

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 390X is 21%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD R9 390X performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 162fps
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 131fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 11,827 samples)
Rank 3271.5%
Min Avg Max
124 Lighting 212 234
144 Reflection 162 170
202 Parallax 279 319
72.9% 217 fps
Min Avg Max
121 MRender 131 137
165 Gravity 188 204
169 Splatting 183 192
70.5% 167 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Asus(1043 04D7) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.12.1
74.3% Very good
Lighting 228
Reflection 168
Parallax 294
78% 230 fps
MRender 134
Gravity 190
Splatting 185
72% 170 fps
Sapphire(174B E324)
CLim: 1055 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.1.1
73.5% Very good
Lighting 226
Reflection 163
Parallax 275
75% 221 fps
MRender 132
Gravity 197
Splatting 182
72% 170 fps
Sapphire(174B E324)
CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.1.1
72.2% Very good
Lighting 221
Reflection 162
Parallax 271
74% 218 fps
MRender 131
Gravity 192
Splatting 181
71% 168 fps
XFX(1682 9395)
CLim: 1060 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.5.1
72.1% Very good
Lighting 228
Reflection 165
Parallax 274
76% 222 fps
MRender 134
Gravity 180
Splatting 185
70% 166 fps
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 Game FPS Estimates

Average fps @ 1080p with maximum detail settings for 8 popular games:

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: 172 fps PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds: 49 fps Grand Theft Auto V: 70 fps League of Legends: 204 fps Overwatch: 98 fps Battlefield 1: 69 fps The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: 55 fps Battlefield 4: 95 fps

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 13,884,064 GPUs tested.

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Based on statistics from 11,827 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $429 @ launch in Jun '15)
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MSI(1462 2015) 24% 73% ± 8%
MSI R9 390X 8GB Gaming
R9 390X GAMING 8G
Sapphire(174B E324) 22% 72% ± 6%
Sapphire R9 390X 8GB TRIPLE Tri-X OC
11241-00-20G
XFX(1682 9395) 20% 70% ± 5%
XFX R9 390X 8GB Double Dissipation
R9-390X-F28M
AmazonUS $70018 months
Asus(1043 04DF) 9% 72% ± 7%
Gigabyte(1458 22BC) 7% 72% ± 6%
Gigabyte R9 390X 8GB G1 Gaming
GV-R939XG1 GAMING-8GD
AmazonUS $52914 months
Asus(1043 04E9) 6% 71% ± 6%
Asus(1043 04D7) 3% 71% ± 5%
PowerColor(148C 2357) 3% 74% ± 3%
AMD(1002 0B00) 1% 64% ± 10%
HP(103C 6566) 1% 53% ± 26%
PwrHis(1787 2357) 1% 73% ± 1%
Asus(1043 04DB) 0% 74% ± 0%
PwrHis(1787 2020) 0% 72% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 22C2) 0% 75% ± 0%
AMD(1002 0000) 0% 72% ± 0%
Sapphire(174B E289) 0% 64% ± 0%
PwrHis(1787 2393) 0% 73% ± 0%
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Gaming 61%
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Desktop
Desktop 55%
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Workstation
Workstation 45%
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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 - $190

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $71Bench 55%, 169,736 samples5,396x
FX-9590AMD  $98Bench 60%, 14,711 samples1,075x
FX-8320AMD  $80Bench 50%, 64,317 samples1,059x
GPU
R9 390XAMD  $529Bench 72%, 11,827 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $63Bench 105%, 350,190 samples628x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 114%, 291,972 samples518x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $65Bench 54%, 155,795 samples311x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 57%, 42,426 samples461x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 49%, 37,150 samples188x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 15,038 samples181x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $852

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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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4,760

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

2 days ago.

I've owned an xfx version of the card for over 2 years and it has served me well. I've never been disappointed by it's performance, although some AAA games like Deus Ex Mankind Divided do make the card struggle a bit when playing at 1440p or higher at max or near max settings

DEU-User
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3,079

Excellent

1 month ago.

Nice

GBR-User
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3,052

Excellent

1 month ago.

Comment 

Went from a 280x to a 390x, this is an excellent card, got a good deal so got it for just under £300.Would have to spend £70-100+ for only a few FPS more for the nearest competing card (AMD or NVidia). Awesome! Shop around and pick up an awesome bargain.—Sep '15

CAN-User
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Liked

6 months ago.

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One of the best single GPU's, if you cannot afford a GTX 980 Ti I believe this or a sale R9 290X is one of the only options to make as the Fury X seems to be overpriced which should make the R9 Fury (non-X) a better option over the R9 390x.—Jul '15

FRA-User
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2,533

Excellent

1 month ago.

very powerfull on crossfireX when you game and devellops too with an i7 4790k

GRC-User
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1,773

Excellent

4 months ago.

best value for 4k gaming. 8 gb ram

NZL-User
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1,198

Good

4 months ago.

Nearly the same performance as gtx 980 for about $250 NZD less, this card was a no brainer for me.

GPUPro
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928

Outstanding

3 years ago.

gvrax
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360

Terrible

16 months ago.

very high price

TyMiles2012
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2

Excellent

6 months ago.

Been using this card since 2015. The fact that it's neck and neck against today's GTX 1060 6GB, and a rebrand of a 2013 architecture, this GPU kicks major ass! I'll probably be using this card for a few more years until I'll have to upgrade.

kmafia5
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2

Excellent

4 months ago.

Got the Power Color Devil version when it first released, and was blessed by the silicone gods. Hit the silicone lottery, and almost 3 years after purchase, was able to pull world high benchmark for this card. http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/7774099

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