NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti vs AMD Radeon R9 M390

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking4168
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data14.12
ArchitectureGCN (2011−2017)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code namePitcairnAmpere GA102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date9 June 2015 (8 years old)27 January 2022 (2 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,999
Current priceno data$1251 (0.6x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Technical specs

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 cores102410752
Core clock speedno data1560 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1860 MHz
Number of transistors5000 Million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data450 Watt
Texture fill rateno data625.0

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon R9 M390 and GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 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.

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data336 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-pin

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount2 GB24 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speedno data21000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data1,008 GB/s
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Eyefinity1no data
HDMIno data+

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration-no data
Enduro-no data
FreeSync1no data
HD3D+no data
PowerTune+no data
DualGraphics1no data
TrueAudio-no data
ZeroCore+no data
Switchable graphics1no data

API support

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCLNot Listed3.0
Vulkanno data1.3
Mantle+no data
CUDAno data8.6

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 M390
9.80

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti outperforms Radeon R9 M390 by 684% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

R9 M390 6819
RTX 3090 Ti 69481
+919%

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti outperforms Radeon R9 M390 by 919% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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 HD43
−388%
210
+388%
1440p16−18
−775%
140
+775%
4K20
−405%
101
+405%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−1360%
219
+1360%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 20−22
−485%
110−120
+485%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−1043%
160
+1043%
Battlefield 5 30−35
−403%
160−170
+403%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
−585%
170−180
+585%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−1240%
201
+1240%
Far Cry 5 24−27
−572%
160−170
+572%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−435%
130−140
+435%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−518%
210−220
+518%
Hitman 3 24−27
−764%
210−220
+764%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
−745%
160−170
+745%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−665%
130−140
+665%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
−1162%
265
+1162%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
−906%
171
+906%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 20−22
−485%
110−120
+485%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−886%
138
+886%
Battlefield 5 30−35
−403%
160−170
+403%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
−585%
170−180
+585%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−1053%
173
+1053%
Far Cry 5 24−27
−572%
160−170
+572%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−435%
130−140
+435%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−518%
210−220
+518%
Hitman 3 24−27
−764%
210−220
+764%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
−745%
160−170
+745%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−1171%
178
+1171%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−665%
130−140
+665%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
−1095%
251
+1095%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 31
−1171%
394
+1171%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
−806%
154
+806%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 20−22
−485%
110−120
+485%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−779%
123
+779%
Battlefield 5 30−35
−403%
160−170
+403%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−913%
152
+913%
Far Cry 5 24−27
−572%
160−170
+572%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−435%
130−140
+435%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−518%
210−220
+518%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18
−972%
193
+972%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
−665%
130
+665%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−907%
140−150
+907%
Hitman 3 14−16
−1073%
170−180
+1073%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−787%
130−140
+787%
Metro Exodus 8−9
−1463%
125
+1463%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−1014%
75−80
+1014%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−1315%
184
+1315%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−844%
85−90
+844%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
−2060%
108
+2060%
Battlefield 5 16−18
−813%
140−150
+813%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−1980%
104
+1980%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−880%
140−150
+880%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
−669%
120−130
+669%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−965%
180−190
+965%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−1300%
140−150
+1300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
−2060%
108
+2060%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−1171%
85−90
+1171%
Hitman 3 9−10
−1067%
100−110
+1067%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
−789%
80−85
+789%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−2700%
84
+2700%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−940%
50−55
+940%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
−2020%
106
+2020%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12
−1342%
173
+1342%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−1120%
60−65
+1120%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
−1725%
73
+1725%
Battlefield 5 8−9
−1200%
100−110
+1200%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−5200%
53
+5200%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−1075%
90−95
+1075%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
−840%
90−95
+840%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−1042%
130−140
+1042%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
−2233%
70
+2233%

This is how R9 M390 and RTX 3090 Ti compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • RTX 3090 Ti is 388% faster than R9 M390

1440p resolution:

  • RTX 3090 Ti is 775% faster than R9 M390

4K resolution:

  • RTX 3090 Ti is 405% faster than R9 M390

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

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3090 Ti is 5200% faster than the R9 M390.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 3090 Ti surpassed R9 M390 in all 68 of our tests.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 9.80 76.84
Recency 9 June 2015 27 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 24 GB
Memory bus width 256 384
Pipelines / CUDA cores 1024 10752
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm

The GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 M390 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R9 M390 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is a desktop one.


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

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