Radeon R9 M390 Mac Edition vs GeForce RTX 2070 Super

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking71not rated
Place by popularity80not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation41.48no data
Power efficiency15.07no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameTU104Pitcairn
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date9 July 2019 (5 years ago)5 May 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

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

Pipelines / CUDA cores25601024
Core clock speed1605 MHz958 MHz
Boost clock speed1770 MHzno data
Number of transistors13,600 million2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)215 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate283.261.31
Floating-point processing power9.062 TFLOPS1.962 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs16064
Tensor Cores320no data
Ray Tracing Cores40no data

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1365 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s174.7 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-CNo outputs
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.55.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA7.5-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 July 2019 5 May 2015
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 215 Watt 80 Watt

RTX 2070 Super has an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

R9 M390 Mac Edition, on the other hand, has 168.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2070 Super and Radeon R9 M390 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2070 Super is a desktop card while Radeon R9 M390 Mac Edition is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super
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