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R9 390X

Average Bench: 52.9% (65th of 639)

Based on 19,885 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: 49%Average: 52.9% Great: 55%

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Average average bench

The AMD R9 390X averaged 47.1% 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) 213fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 195fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 390X is just 6.69%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the AMD R9 390X performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 161fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 284fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 19,885 samples)
Rank 6552.9%
Min Avg Max
175 Lighting 213 233
142 Reflection 161 170
248 Parallax 284 317
55.8% 219 fps
Min Avg Max
126 MRender 133 137
177 Gravity 195 204
176 Splatting 184 192
53% 171 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
MSI(1462 2015)
CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.1
54.5% Above average
Lighting 221
Reflection 164
Parallax 293
58% 226 fps
MRender 134
Gravity 201
Splatting 189
55% 175 fps
Asus(1043 04E9) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2
54.3% Above average
Lighting 224
Reflection 163
Parallax 279
59% 222 fps
MRender 135
Gravity 200
Splatting 185
54% 173 fps
Asus(1043 04D7) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.2
53.2% Above average
Lighting 218
Reflection 164
Parallax 300
57% 227 fps
MRender 132
Gravity 196
Splatting 180
53% 169 fps
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 28,533,155 GPUs tested.

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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (Approx. $429 @ launch in Jun '15)
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MSI(1462 2015) 32% 54% ± 1%
MSI R9 390X 8GB Gaming
R9 390X GAMING 8G
Sapphire(174B E324) 19% 53% ± 1%
Sapphire R9 390X 8GB TRIPLE Tri-X OC
11241-00-20G
XFX(1682 9395) 15% 50% ± 2%
XFX R9 390X 8GB Double Dissipation
R9-390X-F28M
AmazonUS $7002 years
Asus(1043 04DF) 9% 53% ± 2%
Asus(1043 04E9) 5% 54% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 22BC) 5% 53% ± 2%
Gigabyte R9 390X 8GB G1 Gaming
GV-R939XG1 GAMING-8GD
AmazonUS $3403 mins
Asus(1043 04D7) 5% 53% ± 1%
PowerColor(148C 2357) 5% 54% ± 1%
AMD(1002 0B00) 2% 51% ± 3%
HP(103C 6566) 1% 49% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 22C2) 1% 53% ± 1%
Sapphire(174B 0E34) 1% 52% ± 2%
Asus(1043 04DB) 0% 53% ± 0%
PwrHis(1787 2357) 0% 53% ± 0%
Asus(1043 04EB) 0% 54% ± 0%
PwrHis(1787 2020) 0% 54% ± 0%
PwrHis(1787 2393) 0% 46% ± 0%
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Gaming 55%
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Desktop 82%
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Workstation 64%
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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $228

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $270Bench 85%, 385,752 samples18,028x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $205Bench 81%, 264,584 samples12,955x
Core i7-6700Intel  $299Bench 77%, 160,168 samples2,651x
GPU
R9 390XAMD  $340Bench 53%, 19,885 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $75Bench 103%, 583,942 samples4,567x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 110%, 465,159 samples3,721x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 201%, 153,580 samples836x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $75Bench 84%, 307,966 samples3,181x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX  $169Bench 82%, 25,604 samples2,009x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 72%, 42,755 samples1,998x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $988

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 Comments

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

Added 4 years ago.
USA-User
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6,514

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

1 day ago.

Good.

GBR-User
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4,188

Liked

2 months 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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3,450

Excellent

5 months ago.

Comment 

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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3,375

Excellent

15 months ago.

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

GRC-User
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2,267

Excellent

20 months ago.

best value for 4k gaming. 8 gb ram

PER-User
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1,552

Excellent

15 months ago.

Es muy buena con los gráficos

GPUPro
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1,494

Outstanding

4 years ago.

NZL-User
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1,486

Good

3 months ago.

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

gvrax
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372

Terrible

2 years ago.

very high price

RavenBailiff
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290

Average

11 months ago.

It had a good value.

Vycyous
Avatar level
206

Good

13 months ago.

Not a terribly bad GPU, but it's just about maxed out here. Even so, it compares well with the RX 580 and GTX 1060-6GB (and GTX 980). Plus, every R9 390 and 390X has 8GB of VRAM, which is nice (you can never have too much VRAM buffer).

kmafia5
Avatar level
4

Excellent

20 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

TyMiles2012
Avatar level
2

Excellent

22 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.

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