Radeon R7 M465 vs R9 M390

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 M390 and Radeon R7 M465, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R9 M390
2015
2 GB GDDR5
9.79
+236%

R9 M390 outperforms R7 M465 by a whopping 236% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking462788
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code namePitcairnTopaz
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date9 June 2015 (9 years ago)15 May 2016 (8 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 cores1024384
Core clock speedno data1100 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1125 MHz
Number of transistors5000 Million1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Texture fill rateno data27.00
Floating-point processing powerno data0.864 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data24

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 sizelargemedium sized
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x8

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data900 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data14.4 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 dataNo outputs
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® 1212 (12_0)
Shader Modelno data6.3
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCLNot Listed2.0
Vulkan-1.2.131
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:

Full HD44
+267%
12−14
−267%
4K21
+250%
6−7
−250%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+113%
8−9
−113%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
+186%
7−8
−186%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+357%
7−8
−357%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+113%
8−9
−113%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
+186%
7−8
−186%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+186%
14−16
−186%
Forza Horizon 5 24−27
+733%
3−4
−733%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+440%
5−6
−440%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+160%
10−11
−160%
Valorant 35−40
+1167%
3−4
−1167%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+357%
7−8
−357%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+113%
8−9
−113%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
+186%
7−8
−186%
Dota 2 22
+175%
8−9
−175%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+135%
16−18
−135%
Fortnite 55−60
+263%
16−18
−263%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+186%
14−16
−186%
Forza Horizon 5 24−27
+733%
3−4
−733%
Grand Theft Auto V 34
+325%
8−9
−325%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+440%
5−6
−440%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 75−80
+185%
27−30
−185%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+160%
10−11
−160%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 33
+200%
10−12
−200%
Valorant 35−40
+1167%
3−4
−1167%
World of Tanks 140−150
+170%
50−55
−170%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+357%
7−8
−357%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+113%
8−9
−113%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
+186%
7−8
−186%
Dota 2 35−40
+350%
8−9
−350%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+135%
16−18
−135%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+186%
14−16
−186%
Forza Horizon 5 24−27
+733%
3−4
−733%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 75−80
+185%
27−30
−185%
Valorant 35−40
+1167%
3−4
−1167%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Grand Theft Auto V 12−14
+550%
2−3
−550%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
+130%
20−22
−130%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
World of Tanks 70−75
+255%
20−22
−255%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+533%
3−4
−533%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+200%
7−8
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+1000%
2−3
−1000%
Forza Horizon 5 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%
Metro Exodus 18−20
+280%
5−6
−280%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%
Valorant 24−27
+150%
10−11
−150%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Dota 2 20−22
+25%
16−18
−25%
Grand Theft Auto V 20−22
+33.3%
14−16
−33.3%
Metro Exodus 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 27−30
+263%
8−9
−263%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
+33.3%
14−16
−33.3%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Counter-Strike 2 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Dota 2 20−22
+25%
16−18
−25%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Fortnite 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Forza Horizon 5 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Valorant 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%

This is how R9 M390 and R7 M465 compete in popular games:

  • R9 M390 is 267% faster in 1080p
  • R9 M390 is 250% faster in 4K

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

  • in Dota 2, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the R9 M390 is 1200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • R9 M390 is ahead in 59 tests (97%)
  • there's a draw in 2 tests (3%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.79 2.91
Recency 9 June 2015 15 May 2016

R9 M390 has a 236.4% higher aggregate performance score.

R7 M465, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months.

The Radeon R9 M390 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 M465 in performance tests.


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