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R9 390X

Average Bench: 54.7% (85th of 667)

Based on 26,309 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]

Poor: 48%Average: 54.7% Great: 59%

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Average average bench

The AMD R9 390X averaged 45.3% 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) 69.8fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 65.4fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 390X is just 10.4%. 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) 73.9fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 91.9fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 26,309 samples)
Rank 8554.7%
Min Avg Max
60.8 Lighting 69.8 76
63.6 Reflection 73.9 77.4
82.5 Parallax 91.9 101
56.4% 78.5 fps
Min Avg Max
60.9 MRender 65.5 68
59.6 Gravity 65.4 69.2
43.7 Splatting 46.1 47.9
52.6% 59 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Sapphire(174B E324)
CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.5.2
56.5% Above average
Lighting 72.8
Reflection 76.4
Parallax 91.9
59% 80.4 fps
MRender 67.7
Gravity 66.7
Splatting 46.9
54% 60.4 fps
Sapphire(174B E324)
CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.5.2
55.8% Above average
Lighting 71.7
Reflection 76.1
Parallax 90.6
58% 79.5 fps
MRender 67.1
Gravity 66.1
Splatting 46.6
53% 59.9 fps
MSI(1462 2015)
CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.5.2
55.7% Above average
Lighting 70
Reflection 74.7
Parallax 86.2
57% 77 fps
MRender 67.8
Gravity 68.1
Splatting 46.7
55% 60.9 fps
MSI(1462 2015)
CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.5.2
54.7% Above average
Lighting 69.3
Reflection 71.4
Parallax 87.7
56% 76.1 fps
MRender 64.6
Gravity 66.4
Splatting 45.7
53% 58.9 fps
Sapphire(174B E324)
CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.5.2
50.2% Above average
Lighting 58.8
Reflection 72.4
Parallax 66.6
48% 65.9 fps
MRender 66.3
Gravity 66.1
Splatting 47.2
53% 59.9 fps
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 48,126,136 GPUs tested.

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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (MSRP ≈ $429 @ launch in Jun '15)
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MSI(1462 2015) 33% 56% ± 5%
MSI R9 390X 8GB Gaming
R9 390X GAMING 8G
Sapphire(174B E324) 19% 56% ± 2%
Sapphire R9 390X 8GB TRIPLE Tri-X OC
11241-00-20G
XFX(1682 9395) 17% 52% ± 3%
XFX R9 390X 8GB Double Dissipation
R9-390X-F28M
AmazonUS $7004 years
Asus(1043 04DF) 8% 55% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 22BC) 6% 55% ± 3%
Gigabyte R9 390X 8GB G1 Gaming
GV-R939XG1 GAMING-8GD
AmazonUS $34016 months
Asus(1043 04E9) 5% 53% ± 5%
PowerColor(148C 2357) 4% 55% ± 3%
Asus(1043 04D7) 3% 55% ± 2%
AMD(1002 0B00) 2% 53% ± 2%
HP(103C 6566) 1% 53% ± 2%
PwrHis(1787 2020) 1% 57% ± 1%
Asus(1043 04DB) 1% 55% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 22C2) 1% 54% ± 2%
PwrHis(1787 2357) 1% 56% ± 2%
Sapphire(174B 0E34) 0% 54% ± 3%
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Gaming 51%
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Desktop 88%
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Workstation 44%
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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $359Bench 83%, 631,649 samples10,607x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $189Bench 79%, 339,100 samples6,651x
Core i7-6700Intel  $350Bench 76%, 256,634 samples1,659x
GPU
R9 390XAMD  $340Bench 55%, 26,309 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 105%, 836,785 samples1,811x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $160Bench 111%, 752,933 samples1,641x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 696,984 samples627x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $74Bench 83%, 538,368 samples1,561x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 53,576 samples987x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $67Bench 85%, 566,994 samples930x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 56% - Above average Total price: $1,168

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 Comments

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

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Disliked (edit your comment) Add link

1 month ago.

GBR-User
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Disliked

22 days ago.

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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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4,266

Terrible

4 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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4,023

Good

7 months ago.

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

ROU-User
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3,959

Excellent

8 months ago.

It still performs really good in 2021

IRN-User
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3,212

Excellent

5 months ago.

Comment 

The drivers were never good, and it came out the factory with a hell lot of overvolting it didnt need.—Dec '20

GRC-User
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2,747

Good

6 months ago.

best value for 4k gaming. 8 gb ram

PER-User
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1,960

Excellent

2 years ago.

Es muy buena con los gráficos

NZL-User
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1,792

Good

21 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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1,548

Outstanding

6 years ago.

gvrax
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372

Terrible

4 years ago.

very high price

RavenBailiff
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312

Average

2 years ago.

It had a good value.

Vycyous
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196

Good

2 years 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
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4

Excellent

3 years 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
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2

Excellent

3 years 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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