GeForce RTX 4050 vs Radeon R9 M390

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 M390 with GeForce RTX 4050, including specs and performance data.

R9 M390
2015
2 GB GDDR5
8.97

RTX 4050 outperforms R9 M390 by a whopping 287% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking477138
Place by popularitynot in top-10043
Power efficiencyno data25.45
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code namePitcairnAD107
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date9 June 2015 (9 years ago)2023 (2 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 cores10242560
Core clock speedno data2505 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2640 MHz
Number of transistors5000 Million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data100 Watt
Texture fill rateno data211.2
Floating-point processing powerno data13.52 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data80
Tensor Coresno data120
Ray Tracing Coresno data18

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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 12-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data216.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Eyefinity+-
HDMI-+

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+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCLNot Listed3.0
Vulkan-1.3
Mantle+-
CUDA-8.9
DLSS-+

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
−272%
160−170
+272%
4K20
−275%
75−80
+275%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 45−50
−275%
180−190
+275%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−261%
65−70
+261%
Hogwarts Legacy 16−18
−275%
60−65
+275%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 40−45
−275%
150−160
+275%
Counter-Strike 2 45−50
−275%
180−190
+275%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−261%
65−70
+261%
Far Cry 5 27−30
−279%
110−120
+279%
Fortnite 50−55
−270%
200−210
+270%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−275%
150−160
+275%
Forza Horizon 5 27−30
−270%
100−105
+270%
Hogwarts Legacy 16−18
−275%
60−65
+275%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
−275%
120−130
+275%
Valorant 85−90
−241%
300−310
+241%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 40−45
−275%
150−160
+275%
Counter-Strike 2 45−50
−275%
180−190
+275%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 130−140
−260%
500−550
+260%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−261%
65−70
+261%
Dota 2 65−70
−279%
250−260
+279%
Far Cry 5 27−30
−279%
110−120
+279%
Fortnite 50−55
−270%
200−210
+270%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−275%
150−160
+275%
Forza Horizon 5 27−30
−270%
100−105
+270%
Grand Theft Auto V 34
−282%
130−140
+282%
Hogwarts Legacy 16−18
−275%
60−65
+275%
Metro Exodus 18−20
−261%
65−70
+261%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
−275%
120−130
+275%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 31
−287%
120−130
+287%
Valorant 85−90
−241%
300−310
+241%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 40−45
−275%
150−160
+275%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−261%
65−70
+261%
Dota 2 65−70
−279%
250−260
+279%
Far Cry 5 27−30
−279%
110−120
+279%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−275%
150−160
+275%
Hogwarts Legacy 16−18
−275%
60−65
+275%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
−275%
120−130
+275%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18
−261%
65−70
+261%
Valorant 85−90
−241%
300−310
+241%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 50−55
−270%
200−210
+270%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 16−18
−275%
60−65
+275%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 65−70
−277%
260−270
+277%
Grand Theft Auto V 12−14
−285%
50−55
+285%
Metro Exodus 10−11
−250%
35−40
+250%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
−275%
180−190
+275%
Valorant 100−110
−243%
350−400
+243%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 21−24
−281%
80−85
+281%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−275%
30−33
+275%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−268%
70−75
+268%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−286%
85−90
+286%
Hogwarts Legacy 10−11
−250%
35−40
+250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−285%
50−55
+285%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 18−20
−268%
70−75
+268%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%
Grand Theft Auto V 20−22
−275%
75−80
+275%
Hogwarts Legacy 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%
Metro Exodus 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12
−275%
45−50
+275%
Valorant 45−50
−283%
180−190
+283%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 10−11
−250%
35−40
+250%
Counter-Strike 2 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−233%
10−11
+233%
Dota 2 30−35
−264%
120−130
+264%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−250%
35−40
+250%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−267%
55−60
+267%
Hogwarts Legacy 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−233%
30−33
+233%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 9−10
−233%
30−33
+233%

This is how R9 M390 and RTX 4050 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4050 is 272% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4050 is 275% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.97 34.75
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm

RTX 4050 has a 287.4% higher aggregate performance score, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4050 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 4050 is a desktop one.

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AMD Radeon R9 M390
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