R9 M390 vs RX 480 Mobile

#ad
Buy
VS

General info

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated416
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitecturePolaris (2016−2019)GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code namePolarisPitcairn
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 August 2016 (7 years old)9 June 2015 (8 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$450 no data
Current price$577 (1.3x MSRP)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 cores23041024
Boost clock speed1077 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,700 million5000 Million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Wattno data
Texture fill rate155.1no data
Floating-point performance4,963 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 480 Mobile and Radeon R9 M390 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 sizelargelarge
Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)no data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed8000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth256.0 GB/sno data
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 outputsno data
Eyefinityno data1

Technologies

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

AppAccelerationno data-
Endurono data-
FreeSyncno data1
HD3Dno data+
PowerTuneno data+
DualGraphicsno data1
TrueAudiono data-
ZeroCoreno data+
Switchable graphicsno data1

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)DirectX® 12
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL2.0Not Listed
Vulkan1.2.131no data
Mantleno data+

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 1 August 2016 9 June 2015
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Pipelines / CUDA cores 2304 1024
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 480 Mobile and Radeon R9 M390. We've got no test results to judge.


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

Cast your own vote

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


AMD Radeon RX 480 Mobile
Radeon RX 480 Mobile
AMD Radeon R9 M390
Radeon R9 M390

Similar GPU comparisons

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

User ratings: view and submit

Here you can see the user rating of the graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


3.9 15 votes

Rate AMD Radeon RX 480 Mobile on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3.4 12 votes

Rate AMD Radeon R9 M390 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions and comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.