The good news is, with the release of the GTX 780 Ti, the GTX 780 's price is getting more discount. The GTX 780 is much more expensive than the GTX 680 as it costs a whopping $ 649. Compare this to the GTX 680, which came originally at a price of $ 499. Meanwhile, the AMD closest equivalent card is the HD 7970 GHz Edition which costs $ 499.
Spec for spec, this GTX 780 leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the GTX 680, by boasting 8.2 % more fps. The GTX 780 has 3 GB RAM compared to the GTX 680 's 2 GB video memory.
Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The GTX 780 consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the GTX 680 and it really justifies an upgrade. Compared to its AMD 's closest rival, HD 7970 GHz Edition, the GTX 780 was -5.9 % slower.
For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Strange Brigade, Valorant at 62 fps to 97 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 80 fps. For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Valorant at 79 fps to 79 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 79 fps.
For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Valorant at 69 fps to 69 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 69 fps.
The good news is, with the release of the R9 390X, the R9 390 's price is getting more discount. AMD ’s xx90 cards have always been defined by high-end prices with performance that knocks on the door of extreme graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the GCN 2.0 graphics card inside the R9 390, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend.
The R9 390 is much more cheaper than the R9 290 as it costs $ 329. Compare this to the R9 290, AMD Radeon R9 290X, which came originally at a price of $ 399, $ 549. Meanwhile, the NVIDIA closest equivalent card is the GTX 980 which costs $ 549. Spec for spec, this R9 390 leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the R9 290, by boasting 3.3 % more fps.
The R9 390 has 8 GB RAM compared to the R9 290 's 4 GB video memory. Compared to its NVIDIA 's closest rival, GTX 980, the R9 390 was -19.1 % slower.
For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Apex Legends, Call of Duty Modern Warfare, Resident Evil 2, Strange Brigade, Valorant at 63 fps to 115 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 79 fps. For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Valorant at 94 fps to 94 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 94 fps.
For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Valorant at 82 fps to 82 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 82 fps.
| Year | Game | Frames Per Second |
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| 2019 | Apex Legends |
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| 2019 | Anthem |
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| 2019 | Far Cry New Dawn |
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| 2019 | Resident Evil 2 |
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| 2019 | Metro Exodus |
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| 2019 | World War Z |
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| 2019 | Gears of War 5 |
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| 2019 | F1 2019 |
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| 2019 | GreedFall |
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| 2019 | Borderlands 3 |
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| 2019 | Call of Duty Modern Warfare |
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| 2019 | Red Dead Redemption 2 |
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| 2019 | Need For Speed: Heat |
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| 2018 | Forza Horizon 4 |
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| 2018 | Hitman 2 |
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| 2018 | Just Cause 4 |
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| 2018 | Monster Hunter: World |
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| 2018 | Strange Brigade |
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| 2017 | PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds |
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| 2017 | Fortnite Battle Royale |
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| 2017 | Need For Speed: Payback |
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| 2017 | For Honor |
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| 2017 | Project CARS 2 |
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| 2017 | Forza Motorsport 7 |
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| 2016 | Overwatch |
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| 2016 | Dishonored 2 |
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| 2015 | Rocket League |
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| 2015 | Need For Speed |
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| 2015 | Project CARS |
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| 2015 | Rainbow Six Siege |
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| 2012 | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
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| 2009 | League of Legends |
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| GTX 780 | R9 390 | |
|---|---|---|
| Board Number | P2083 SKU 25 | C679 |
| Length | 10.5 inches 267 mm | 10.83 inches 275 mm |
| Outputs | 2x DVI1x HDMI1x DisplayPort | 2x DVI1x HDMI1x DisplayPort |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Slot Width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| TDP | 250 W | 275 W |
| GTX 780 | R9 390 | |
|---|---|---|
| GPU Clock | 863 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 1502 MHz 6008 MHz effective | 1500 MHz 6000 MHz effective |
| GTX 780 | R9 390 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Generation | GeForce 700 | Pirate Islands (R9 300) |
| Launch Price | 649 USD | 329 USD |
| Production | End-of-life | Active |
| Release Date | Sep 10th, 2013 | Jun 18th, 2015 |
| GTX 780 | R9 390 | |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12.0 (11_1) | 12.0 (12_0) |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.82 | 1.1.82 |
| GTX 780 | R9 390 | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Kepler | GCN 2.0 |
| Die Size | 561 mm² | 438 mm² |
| GPU Name | GK110B | Grenada |
| GPU Variant | GK110-301-B1 | Grenada PRO (215-0880030) |
| Process Size | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 7,080 million | 6,200 million |
| GTX 780 | R9 390 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | 288.4 GB/s | 384.0 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 384 bit | 512 bit |
| Memory Size | 3072 MB | 8192 MB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| GTX 780 | R9 390 | |
|---|---|---|
| ROPs | 48 | 64 |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 2560 |
| TMUs | 192 | 160 |
| GTX 780 | R9 390 | |
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| FP32 (float) performance | 4,156 GFLOPS | 5,120 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 173.2 GFLOPS (1:24) | 640.0 GFLOPS (1:8) |
| Pixel Rate | 43.30 GPixel/s | 64.00 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 173.2 GTexel/s | 160.0 GTexel/s |
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