AMD Radeon RX 550X
VS
AMD Radeon R9 390X
AMD Radeon RX 550X
VS
AMD Radeon R9 390X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon RX 550X and AMD Radeon R9 390X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

443
Place in performance rating
138
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Value for money (0-100)
18.93
GCN 4.0
Architecture
GCN
Lexa
Code name
Grenada
Desktop
Type
Desktop
16 December 2018 (2 years ago)
Release date
16 June 2015 (6 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$429
$259
Price now
$750 (1.7x MSRP)
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Design
reference
10.29
Value for money
14.84
Lexa
GPU code name
Grenada XT
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon RX 550X and AMD Radeon R9 390X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

512
Pipelines
2816
1100 MHz
Core clock speed
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1183 MHz
Boost Clock
1050 MHz
2,200 million
Transistor count
6,200 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
50 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
275 Watt
37.86
Texture fill rate
184.8
1,211 gflops
Floating-point performance
5,914 gflops
512
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2816
1183 MHz
Boost clock speed
1050 MHz
2,200 million
Number of transistors
6,200 million
50 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
275 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon RX 550X and AMD Radeon R9 390X.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
145 mm
Length
275 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0
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Bridgeless CrossFire
1

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon RX 550X and AMD Radeon R9 390X can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
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128 Bit
Memory bus width
512 Bit
6000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1050 MHz
96 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
384 GB/s
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Shared memory
-
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High bandwidth memory (HBM)
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon RX 550X and AMD Radeon R9 390X, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
+
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Number of Eyefinity displays
6
+
HDMI
+
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DisplayPort support
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon RX 550X and AMD Radeon R9 390X is the additional functionality.

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AppAcceleration
-
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CrossFire
1
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
-
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PowerTune
+
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TrueAudio
+
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ZeroCore
-
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VCE
+
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DDMA audio
+
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Enduro
-

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon RX 550X and AMD Radeon R9 390X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
+
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Shader Model
6.3
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OpenCL
2.0
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Mantle
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 550X and AMD Radeon R9 390X graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon RX 550X or AMD Radeon R9 390X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550X
AMD Radeon R9 390X
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550X
AMD Radeon R9 390X
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550X
AMD Radeon R9 390X
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550X
AMD Radeon R9 390X
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 550X
AMD Radeon R9 390X
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 550X

Cheaper ($259 vs $750 (1.7x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 275 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 390X

36.37% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2816 vs 512)

More memory bandwidth (384 GB/s vs 96 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon RX 550X or AMD Radeon R9 390X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 390X .

AMD Radeon RX 550X versus AMD Radeon R9 390X performance benchmarks comparison

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