Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
R9 M390 vs RX Vega M GL
Combined performance score
R9 M390 outperforms RX Vega M GL by 5% in our combined benchmark results.
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in performance ranking | 435 | 418 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Value for money | 2.60 | no data |
Architecture | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) | GCN (2011−2017) |
GPU code name | Polaris 22 | Pitcairn |
Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Release date | 1 February 2018 (6 years old) | 9 June 2015 (8 years old) |
Current price | $1307 | 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 cores | 1280 | 1024 |
Core clock speed | 931 MHz | no data |
Boost clock speed | 1011 MHz | no data |
Number of transistors | 5,000 million | 5000 Million |
Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 28 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | no data |
Texture fill rate | 80.88 | no data |
Floating-point performance | 2,588 gflops | no data |
Size and compatibility
Information on Radeon RX Vega M GL 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 size | no data | large |
Bus support | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
Interface | IGP | 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 type | HBM2 | GDDR5 |
Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2 GB |
Memory bus width | 1024 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1400 MHz | no data |
Memory bandwidth | 179.2 GB/s | no 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 Connectors | No outputs | no data |
Eyefinity | no data | 1 |
Technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
AppAcceleration | no data | - |
Enduro | no data | - |
FreeSync | no data | 1 |
HD3D | no data | + |
PowerTune | no data | + |
DualGraphics | no data | 1 |
TrueAudio | no data | - |
ZeroCore | no data | + |
Switchable graphics | no data | 1 |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | 12 (12_0) | DirectX® 12 |
Shader Model | 6.4 | no data |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
OpenCL | 2.0 | Not Listed |
Vulkan | 1.2.131 | no data |
Mantle | no data | + |
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 HD | 40−45
−7.5%
| 43
+7.5%
|
4K | 18−20
−11.1%
| 20
+11.1%
|
Performance in popular games
Full HD
High Preset
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 18−20
−63.2%
|
31
+63.2%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 18−20
+5.6%
|
18
−5.6%
|
4K
High Preset
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 7−8
−71.4%
|
12
+71.4%
|
This is how RX Vega M GL and R9 M390 compete in popular games:
1080p resolution:
- R9 M390 is 7.5% faster than RX Vega M GL
4K resolution:
- R9 M390 is 11.1% faster than RX Vega M GL
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX Vega M GL is 5.6% faster than the R9 M390.
- in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the R9 M390 is 71.4% faster than the RX Vega M GL.
All in all, in popular games:
- RX Vega M GL is ahead in 1 test (33%)
- R9 M390 is ahead in 2 tests (67%)
Advantages and disadvantages
Performance score | 9.33 | 9.80 |
Recency | 1 February 2018 | 9 June 2015 |
Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2 GB |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 28 nm |
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega M GL and Radeon R9 M390. The differences in performance seem too small.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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