Radeon 9800 PRO MAXX vs R9 M390

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking419not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN (2011−2017)R300
GPU code namePitcairnR350
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date9 June 2015 (9 years ago)no data

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 cores1024no data
Core clock speedno data380 MHz
Number of transistors5000 Million117 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data94 Watt
Texture fill rateno data3.040

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R9 M390 and Radeon 9800 PRO MAXX 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 dataAGP 8x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x Molex

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount2 GB128 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data680 MBps
Memory bandwidthno data21.76 GB/s
Shared memory-no 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 Connectorsno data2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Eyefinity1no data

Supported 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 compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 129.0 (9_0)
OpenGL4.42.0
OpenCLNot ListedN/A
Vulkanno dataN/A
Mantle+no data

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 150 nm

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 M390 and Radeon 9800 PRO MAXX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 M390 is a notebook card while Radeon 9800 PRO MAXX is a desktop one.


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