Radeon R9 M390X vs Quadro RTX 4000 Mobile

Place in the ranking	150	467
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	21.52	8.61
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code name	TU104	Amethyst
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	27 May 2019 (5 years ago)	5 May 2015 (9 years ago)

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 cores	2560	2048
Core clock speed	1110 MHz	723 MHz
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	13,600 million	5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	249.6	92.54
Floating-point processing power	7.987 TFLOPS	2.961 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	32
TMUs	160	128
Tensor Cores	320	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	40	no 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).

Laptop size	large	large
Bus support	no data	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	GDDR6	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	160.0 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 Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Eyefinity	-	+
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync	-	+
HD3D	-	+
PowerTune	-	+
DualGraphics	-	+
ZeroCore	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
VR Ready	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	DirectX® 12
Shader Model	6.5	6.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	Not Listed
Vulkan	1.2.131	+
Mantle	-	+
CUDA	7.5	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 4000 Mobile 34.18
+267%

R9 M390X 9.32

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX 4000 Mobile 25371
+169%

R9 M390X 9448

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	112 +273%	30−35 −273%
1440p	65 +306%	16−18 −306%
4K	47 +292%	12−14 −292%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

55−60
+267%

14−16

−267%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	87 +295%	21−24 −295%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55−60 +300%	14−16 −300%
Battlefield 5	100−110 +262%	27−30 −262%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	65−70 +247%	18−20 −247%
Cyberpunk 2077	55−60 +267%	14−16 −267%
Far Cry 5	70−75 +243%	21−24 −243%
Far Cry New Dawn	125 +381%	24−27 −381%
Forza Horizon 4	170−180 +177%	60−65 −177%
Hitman 3	65−70 +278%	18−20 −278%
Horizon Zero Dawn	140−150 +171%	50−55 −171%
Metro Exodus	100−110 +272%	27−30 −272%
Red Dead Redemption 2	80−85 +208%	24−27 −208%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	180 +481%	30−35 −481%
Watch Dogs: Legion	110−120 +93.4%	60−65 −93.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	65−70 +214%	21−24 −214%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55−60 +300%	14−16 −300%
Battlefield 5	100−110 +262%	27−30 −262%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	65−70 +247%	18−20 −247%
Cyberpunk 2077	55−60 +267%	14−16 −267%
Far Cry 5	70−75 +243%	21−24 −243%
Far Cry New Dawn	90 +246%	24−27 −246%
Forza Horizon 4	170−180 +177%	60−65 −177%
Hitman 3	65−70 +278%	18−20 −278%
Horizon Zero Dawn	140−150 +171%	50−55 −171%
Metro Exodus	100−110 +272%	27−30 −272%
Red Dead Redemption 2	80−85 +208%	24−27 −208%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	110−120 +268%	30−35 −268%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65−70 +162%	24−27 −162%
Watch Dogs: Legion	110−120 +93.4%	60−65 −93.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	54 +145%	21−24 −145%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55−60 +300%	14−16 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	65−70 +247%	18−20 −247%
Cyberpunk 2077	55−60 +267%	14−16 −267%
Far Cry 5	70−75 +243%	21−24 −243%
Forza Horizon 4	170−180 +177%	60−65 −177%
Hitman 3	65−70 +278%	18−20 −278%
Horizon Zero Dawn	121 +133%	50−55 −133%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	110−120 +268%	30−35 −268%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	75 +188%	24−27 −188%
Watch Dogs: Legion	110−120 +93.4%	60−65 −93.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

80−85
+208%

24−27

−208%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 +239%	18−20 −239%
Far Cry New Dawn	60 +329%	14−16 −329%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	41 +356%	9−10 −356%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 +580%	5−6 −580%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +322%	9−10 −322%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 +475%	4−5 −475%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +236%	10−12 −236%
Forza Horizon 4	180−190 +365%	40−45 −365%
Hitman 3	40−45 +233%	12−14 −233%
Horizon Zero Dawn	89 +368%	18−20 −368%
Metro Exodus	77 +492%	12−14 −492%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	75−80 +582%	10−12 −582%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 +389%	9−10 −389%
Watch Dogs: Legion	170−180 +188%	55−60 −188%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

55−60
+267%

14−16

−267%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35 +256%	9−10 −256%
Far Cry New Dawn	33 +371%	7−8 −371%
Hitman 3	24−27 +420%	5−6 −420%
Horizon Zero Dawn	150−160 +318%	35−40 −318%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +457%	7−8 −457%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	51 +629%	7−8 −629%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	28 +460%	5−6 −460%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20 +375%	4−5 −375%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22 +400%	4−5 −400%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +260%	5−6 −260%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +300%	10−12 −300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 +600%	6−7 −600%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 +400%	3−4 −400%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

27−30
+211%

9−10

−211%

This is how RTX 4000 Mobile and R9 M390X compete in popular games:

RTX 4000 Mobile is 273% faster in 1080p
RTX 4000 Mobile is 306% faster in 1440p
RTX 4000 Mobile is 292% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 4000 Mobile is 800% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RTX 4000 Mobile surpassed R9 M390X in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	34.18	9.32
Recency	27 May 2019	5 May 2015
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	100 Watt

RTX 4000 Mobile has a 266.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

R9 M390X, on the other hand, has 10% lower power consumption.

The Quadro RTX 4000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 M390X in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 4000 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while Radeon R9 M390X is a mobile workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.