Nvidia RTX 1000 Ada Generation Mobile vs Radeon R9 390X

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	292	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	8.53	no data
Power efficiency	6.20	no data
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Grenada	AD107
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Design	reference	no data
Release date	18 June 2015 (11 years ago)	26 February 2024 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$429	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2816	2560
Core clock speed	no data	1485 MHz
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz	2025 MHz
Number of transistors	6,200 million	18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	275 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	184.8	162.0
Floating-point processing power	5.914 TFLOPS	10.37 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	48
TMUs	176	80
Tensor Cores	no data	80
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	20
L1 Cache	704 KB	2.5 MB
L2 Cache	1024 KB	12 MB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	no data	large
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	275 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin	no data
Bridgeless CrossFire	+	-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6
High bandwidth memory (HBM)	-	no data
Maximum RAM amount	0 MB	6 GB
Memory bus width	512 Bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	384 GB/s	192.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-
Resizable BAR	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	Portable Device Dependent
Eyefinity	+	-
Number of Eyefinity displays	6	no data
HDMI	+	-
DisplayPort support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
PowerTune	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
VCE	+	-
DDMA audio	+	no data

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.3	6.8
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	+	1.3
Mantle	+	-
CUDA	-	8.9
DLSS	-	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	18 June 2015	26 February 2024
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	275 Watt	35 Watt