GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile vs Radeon R9 M390

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 M390 and GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R9 M390
2015
2 GB GDDR5
10.04

RTX 3050 Mobile outperforms R9 M390 by a whopping 136% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking452236
Place by popularitynot in top-10045
Power efficiencyno data21.64
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code namePitcairnGA107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date9 June 2015 (9 years ago)11 May 2021 (3 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 cores10242048
Core clock speedno data712 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1057 MHz
Number of transistors5000 Millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data75 Watt
Texture fill rateno data67.65
Floating-point processing powerno data4.329 TFLOPS
ROPsno data40
TMUsno data64
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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 sizelargelarge
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data192.0 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 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCLNot Listed3.0
Vulkan-1.2
Mantle+-
CUDA-8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R9 M390 10.04
RTX 3050 Mobile 23.67
+136%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

R9 M390 6819
RTX 3050 Mobile 21358
+213%

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 HD42
−121%
93
+121%
1440p21−24
−138%
50
+138%
4K20
−65%
33
+65%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−607%
106
+607%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
−117%
50−55
+117%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−400%
75
+400%
Battlefield 5 30−35
−152%
75−80
+152%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
−140%
45−50
+140%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−453%
83
+453%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−139%
55−60
+139%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
−121%
60−65
+121%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−112%
140−150
+112%
Hitman 3 18−20
−147%
45−50
+147%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−104%
110−120
+104%
Metro Exodus 30−35
−161%
80−85
+161%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
−130%
60−65
+130%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
−150%
80−85
+150%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−58.7%
100−105
+58.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
−117%
50−55
+117%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−313%
62
+313%
Battlefield 5 30−35
−152%
75−80
+152%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
−140%
45−50
+140%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−307%
61
+307%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−139%
55−60
+139%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
−121%
60−65
+121%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−112%
140−150
+112%
Hitman 3 18−20
−147%
45−50
+147%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−104%
110−120
+104%
Metro Exodus 30−35
−161%
80−85
+161%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
−130%
60−65
+130%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
−284%
123
+284%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
−88.9%
50−55
+88.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−58.7%
100−105
+58.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
−117%
50−55
+117%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−253%
53
+253%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
−140%
45−50
+140%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−307%
61
+307%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−139%
55−60
+139%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−112%
140−150
+112%
Hitman 3 18−20
−147%
45−50
+147%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−98.1%
107
+98.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
−231%
106
+231%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18
−261%
65
+261%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−12.7%
71
+12.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
−130%
60−65
+130%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
−137%
45−50
+137%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
−140%
35−40
+140%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−140%
24−27
+140%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
−567%
40
+567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
−170%
27−30
+170%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−500%
30
+500%
Far Cry 5 10−12
−145%
27−30
+145%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−205%
130−140
+205%
Hitman 3 12−14
−115%
27−30
+115%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20−22
−290%
78
+290%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−393%
69
+393%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−500%
78
+500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−222%
27−30
+222%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−114%
130−140
+114%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−144%
35−40
+144%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
−156%
21−24
+156%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−157%
18−20
+157%
Hitman 3 6−7
−467%
34
+467%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
−190%
120−130
+190%
Metro Exodus 8−9
−225%
24−27
+225%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12
−267%
44
+267%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−133%
14−16
+133%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
−500%
24
+500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−160%
12−14
+160%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−1100%
12
+1100%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−160%
12−14
+160%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−167%
30−35
+167%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−650%
45
+650%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
−375%
19
+375%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−133%
21−24
+133%

This is how R9 M390 and RTX 3050 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3050 Mobile is 121% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3050 Mobile is 138% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3050 Mobile is 65% faster in 4K

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

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3050 Mobile is 1100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 3050 Mobile surpassed R9 M390 in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.04 23.67
Recency 9 June 2015 11 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm

RTX 3050 Mobile has a 135.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 M390 in performance tests.


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