ATI Radeon HD 4850 vs R9 M390

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 M390 with Radeon HD 4850, including specs and performance data.

R9 M390
2015
2 GB GDDR5
10.05
+278%

R9 M390 outperforms ATI HD 4850 by a whopping 278% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking444804
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.21
Power efficiencyno data1.67
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code namePitcairnRV770
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date9 June 2015 (9 years ago)25 June 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores1024800
Core clock speedno data625 MHz
Number of transistors5000 Million956 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data110 Watt
Texture fill rateno data25.00
Floating-point processing powerno data1 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data40

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 2.0 x16
Lengthno data246 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data993 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data63.55 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 Connectorsno data2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Eyefinity+-

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 compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1210.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGL4.43.3
OpenCLNot Listed1.1
Vulkan-N/A
Mantle+-

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:

900p100−110
+245%
29
−245%
Full HD39
−2.6%
40
+2.6%
1200p70−75
+268%
19
−268%
4K21
+320%
5−6
−320%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data4.98
4Kno data39.80

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+200%
5−6
−200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+167%
9−10
−167%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16 0−1
Battlefield 5 30−35
+675%
4−5
−675%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
+186%
7−8
−186%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+200%
5−6
−200%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+360%
5−6
−360%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
+300%
7−8
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+408%
12−14
−408%
Hitman 3 18−20
+171%
7−8
−171%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+157%
21−24
−157%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+1450%
2−3
−1450%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
+350%
6−7
−350%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
+191%
10−12
−191%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+65.8%
35−40
−65.8%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+167%
9−10
−167%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16 0−1
Battlefield 5 30−35
+675%
4−5
−675%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
+186%
7−8
−186%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+200%
5−6
−200%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+360%
5−6
−360%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
+300%
7−8
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+408%
12−14
−408%
Hitman 3 18−20
+171%
7−8
−171%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+157%
21−24
−157%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+1450%
2−3
−1450%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
+350%
6−7
−350%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
+191%
10−12
−191%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+108%
12−14
−108%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+65.8%
35−40
−65.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+167%
9−10
−167%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
+186%
7−8
−186%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+200%
5−6
−200%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+360%
5−6
−360%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+408%
12−14
−408%
Hitman 3 18−20
+171%
7−8
−171%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+157%
21−24
−157%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
+191%
10−12
−191%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18
+38.5%
12−14
−38.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+65.8%
35−40
−65.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
+350%
6−7
−350%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+375%
4−5
−375%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
+400%
2−3
−400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
+400%
2−3
−400%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Far Cry 5 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+340%
10−11
−340%
Hitman 3 12−14
+62.5%
8−9
−62.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
+186%
7−8
−186%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+333%
3−4
−333%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+294%
16−18
−294%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+167%
6−7
−167%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Hitman 3 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+320%
10−11
−320%
Metro Exodus 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12
+300%
3−4
−300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%

This is how R9 M390 and ATI HD 4850 compete in popular games:

  • R9 M390 is 245% faster in 900p
  • ATI HD 4850 is 3% faster in 1080p
  • R9 M390 is 268% faster in 1200p
  • R9 M390 is 320% faster in 4K

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

  • in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the R9 M390 is 1450% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, R9 M390 surpassed ATI HD 4850 in all 57 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.05 2.66
Recency 9 June 2015 25 June 2008
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm

R9 M390 has a 277.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon R9 M390 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 4850 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R9 M390 is a notebook card while Radeon HD 4850 is a desktop one.


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