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R9 390X

Average Bench: 56.4% (51st of 622)

Based on 16,604 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: 48%Average: 56.4% Great: 60%

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Average average bench

The AMD R9 390X averaged 43.5% 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) 216fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 191fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 390X is just 12.2%. 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) 163fps
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 133fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 16,604 samples)
Rank 5156.4%
Min Avg Max
161 Lighting 216 234
150 Reflection 163 170
246 Parallax 283 316
58.8% 221 fps
Min Avg Max
125 MRender 133 137
174 Gravity 191 204
174 Splatting 184 191
53.3% 169 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: 19.11.1
60.4% Good
Lighting 232
Reflection 169
Parallax 325
64% 242 fps
MRender 135
Gravity 203
Splatting 188
56% 175 fps
Asus(1043 04DF) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.11.1
59% Above average
Lighting 228
Reflection 167
Parallax 291
62% 229 fps
MRender 135
Gravity 202
Splatting 186
55% 174 fps
MSI(1462 2015)
CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.8.1
56.4% Above average
Lighting 216
Reflection 170
Parallax 288
59% 224 fps
MRender 136
Gravity 184
Splatting 192
53% 171 fps
AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.1
54.8% Above average
Lighting 210
Reflection 164
Parallax 264
57% 212 fps
MRender 132
Gravity 188
Splatting 178
52% 166 fps
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 21,504,111 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% 57% ± 5%
MSI R9 390X 8GB Gaming
R9 390X GAMING 8G
Sapphire(174B E324) 24% 57% ± 3%
Sapphire R9 390X 8GB TRIPLE Tri-X OC
11241-00-20G
XFX(1682 9395) 12% 55% ± 3%
XFX R9 390X 8GB Double Dissipation
R9-390X-F28M
AmazonUS $7002 years
Asus(1043 04DF) 8% 56% ± 5%
Gigabyte(1458 22BC) 5% 56% ± 3%
Gigabyte R9 390X 8GB G1 Gaming
GV-R939XG1 GAMING-8GD
AmazonUS $52924 months
Asus(1043 04E9) 5% 55% ± 5%
Asus(1043 04D7) 5% 57% ± 2%
PowerColor(148C 2357) 4% 55% ± 9%
AMD(1002 0B00) 2% 53% ± 5%
Gigabyte(1458 22C2) 1% 54% ± 4%
HP(103C 6566) 1% 53% ± 3%
PwrHis(1787 2020) 1% 57% ± 2%
Asus(1043 04DB) 0% 57% ± 1%
Sapphire(174B 0E34) 0% 57% ± 0%
PwrHis(1787 2357) 0% 58% ± 0%
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Gaming 47%
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Desktop 51%
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Workstation 41%
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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 - $190

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 49%, 219,227 samples7,538x
FX-9590AMD  $190Bench 53%, 17,572 samples1,520x
FX-8320AMD  $163Bench 44%, 84,278 samples1,462x
GPU
R9 390XAMD  $529Bench 56%, 16,604 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $60Bench 105%, 491,389 samples805x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $107Bench 111%, 404,748 samples673x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $70Bench 54%, 201,282 samples391x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 51,779 samples656x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 49%, 49,203 samples249x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 22,563 samples248x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 31% - Below average Total price: $908

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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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5,830

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

14 days ago.

If you can find one under $100 Usd or so, It's a good deal as it performs like the gtx 1060 6GB

GBR-User
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3,710

Liked

1 month 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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Liked

1 month 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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3,057

Excellent

8 months ago.

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

GRC-User
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2,061

Excellent

14 months ago.

best value for 4k gaming. 8 gb ram

NZL-User
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1,366

Good

14 months ago.

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

PER-User
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1,336

Excellent

8 months ago.

Es muy buena con los gráficos

GPUPro
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978

Outstanding

4 years ago.

gvrax
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360

Terrible

2 years ago.

very high price

RavenBailiff
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258

Average

5 months ago.

It had a good value.

Vycyous
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206

Good

7 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).

TyMiles2012
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2

Excellent

16 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

14 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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