Radeon 610M vs R9 390

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Aggregated performance score

R9 390
2015
0 MB GDDR5
23.07
+709%

R9 390 outperforms 610M by a whopping 709% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking224751
Place by popularitynot in top-10045
Cost-effectiveness evaluation12.47no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)RDNA 2 (2020−2022)
GPU code nameGrenadaRDNA 2
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date18 June 2015 (8 years ago)20 September 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329 no data
Current price$20 (0.1x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2560128
Core clock speedno data400 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz2200 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)275 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate160.015.20
Floating-point performance5,120 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R9 390 and Radeon 610M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length275 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pinNone
Bridgeless CrossFire1no data

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
High bandwidth memory (HBM)-no data
Maximum RAM amount0 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width512 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1000 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth384 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
Eyefinity1no data
Number of Eyefinity displays6no data
HDMI+no data
DisplayPort support+no data

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration-no data
CrossFire1no data
Enduro-no data
FreeSync1no data
HD3D-no data
PowerTune+no data
TrueAudio+no data
ZeroCore-no data
VCE+no data
DDMA audio+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan+1.3
Mantle+no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

R9 390 23.07
+709%
Radeon 610M 2.85

R9 390 outperforms 610M by 709% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

R9 390 8928
+711%
Radeon 610M 1101

R9 390 outperforms 610M by 711% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

R9 390 12730
+670%
Radeon 610M 1653

R9 390 outperforms 610M by 670% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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 HD100−110
+669%
13
−669%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 23.07 2.85
Recency 18 June 2015 20 September 2022
Chip lithography 28 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 275 Watt 15 Watt

The Radeon R9 390 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 610M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R9 390 is a desktop card while Radeon 610M is a notebook one.


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