Radeon R9 390
AMD graphics card · Radeon 300 series · launched June 2015
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Launch price in today's dollars
The Radeon R9 390 launched at $329 in 2015. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $459 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 40% rise over 11 years.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2015 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Specifications
| Vendor | AMD |
|---|---|
| Series | Radeon 300 series |
| Launched | June 2015 |
| Launch price | $329 |
| Architecture | GCN 2 |
| Chip | Radeon R9 390 (Grenada Pro) |
| Memory | 8 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus | 512-bit |
| Core clock | 1,000 MHz |
| FP32 compute | 5.12 TFLOPS |
| Rated power | 275 W (TBP) |
| Transistors | 6.2 billion |
| Die size | 438 mm² |
| Bus interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 x8 ×16 |
| Tier | 90-class |
The AMD 90-class over time
AMD graphics cards in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.
| Part | Year | Launch price | In 2026 $ | Blender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radeon HD 7970 | 2011 | $550 | $809 | — |
| Radeon HD 7950 | 2012 | $450 | $649 | — |
| Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 2012 | $500 | $721 | — |
| Radeon HD 7950 Boost | 2012 | $330 | $476 | — |
| Radeon HD 7990 | 2013 | $1,000 | $1,420 | — |
| Radeon R9 290X | 2013 | $549 | $780 | — |
| Radeon R9 290 | 2013 | $399 | $567 | — |
| Radeon R9 295X2 | 2014 | $1,499 | $2,096 | — |
| Radeon R9 390 | 2015 | $329 | $459 | — |
| Radeon R9 390X | 2015 | $429 | $599 | — |
| Radeon RX 590 | 2018 | $279 | $368 | — |
| Radeon RX 590 GME | 2020 | — | — | — |
| Radeon RX 6900 XT | 2020 | $999 | $1,277 | 2,664 |
| Radeon RX 6950 XT | 2022 | $1,099 | $1,243 | 2,753 |
| Radeon RX 7900 XT | 2022 | $899 | $1,017 | 3,602 |
| Radeon RX 7900 XTX | 2022 | $999 | $1,130 | 4,161 |
Compare with
- Radeon R9 390X · 2015 · $429
- Radeon R9 280 · 2014 · $249
- Radeon R9 285 · 2014 · $249
- GeForce GTX 1060 Rev. 2 · 2016 · $249
- GeForce GTX 1070 · 2016 · $379 · 532
- GeForce GTX 970 · 2014 · $329 · 257
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