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AMD Radeon R9 M390

AMD Radeon R9 M390

The AMD Radeon R9 M390 is a mobile graphics card from 2015 and positioned as a fast mid-range GPU. It should be based on the the old Pitcairn chip (e.g. in 2012 used in the desktop 7870 graphics card) and offers 1024 shader cores clocked at 958 MHz. Furthermore, 2 GB GDDR5 dedicated graphics memory are connected via a 256 Bit memory bus. The graphics card is used in the Apple iMac 27-inch late 2015 (mid range model).

The performance of the Radeon R9 M390 slightly above a Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M or 870M but still beyond a desktop Radeon R7 370. Therefore, demanding games of 2015 may only run in medium settings at up to full HD resolutions fluently. The native 5K resolution of the iMac or even the perfectly scaled 2560x1600 will be definitely too much.

Radeon R9 M300 Series

Radeon R9 M395X compare 2048 @ 0.91 GHz256 Bit @ 5460 MHz
Radeon R9 M390X compare 2048 @ 0.72 GHz256 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Radeon R9 M395 compare 1792 @ 0.83 GHz256 Bit @ 5460 MHz
Radeon R9 M390 1024 @ 0.96 GHz256 Bit @ 5460 MHz
Radeon R9 M385X compare 896 @ 1.1 GHz128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon R9 M385 compare128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon R9 M380 compare 768 @ 1 GHz128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon R9 M370X compare 640 @ 0.8 GHz128 Bit @ 4500 MHz
Radeon R9 M365X compare 640 @ 0.9 - 0.93 GHz128 Bit @ 4500 MHz
Radeon R9 M375 compare 640 @ 1.02 GHz128 Bit @ 2200 MHz
CodenamePitcairn
ArchitectureGCN
Pipelines1024 - unified
Core Speed958 (Boost) MHz
Memory Speed5460 MHz
Memory Bus Width256 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory2048 MB
Shared Memoryno
APIDirectX 12 (FL 11_2), Shader 5.0
Transistor Count5 Billion
technology28 nm
FeaturesDirectX 12, OpenCL, DirectCompute 5.0
Notebook Sizelarge
Date of Announcement09.06.2015

Benchmarks

3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
SPECviewperf 12
specvp12 sw-03 +
specvp12 snx-02 +
specvp12 showcase-01 +
specvp12 mediacal-01 +
specvp12 maya-04 +
specvp12 energy-01 +
specvp12 creo-01 +
specvp12 catia-04 +
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

low 1024x768
161  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
107  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
54  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
45.4  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
14.9  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1024x768
52  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
41.2  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
29.2  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Fallout 4

Fallout 4

2015
high 1920x1080
38.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
30.3  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
13.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
123  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
82  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
40.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
29.5  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
13.4  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Anno 2205

Anno 2205

2015
low 1024x768
103  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
31.5  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
12  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
12  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
FIFA 16

FIFA 16

2015
low 1280x720
233  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
190  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
111  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
54  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
ultra 1920x1080
74  fps    + Compare
4K 3840 x 2160
24.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1024x768
60  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
60  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
60  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
39.6  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
21.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Mad Max

Mad Max

2015
med. 1366x768
111  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
57  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
48.8  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
17.6  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1024x768
82  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
31.1  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
17.8  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
11.5  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
GTA V

GTA V

2015
high 1920x1080
54.2  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
12.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
161  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
138  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
56  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
36.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1024x768
80.5  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
71.5  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
39.4  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
27.1  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
ultra 1920x1080
56  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1280x720
154  fps    + Compare
med. 1344x756
92  fps    + Compare
high 1920x1080
53  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
39  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Sims 4

Sims 4

2014
ultra 1920x1080
82  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Thief

Thief

2014
low 1024x768
93  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
72  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
63  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
30.9 35 ~ 33 fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1024x768
84  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
52.5  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
24.7  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
19.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
low 1024x768
168  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
121  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
91  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
37.6  fps    + Compare
4K 3840x2160
19.5  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
low 1024x768
100  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
91  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
67  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
33.8  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
low 1280x720
213  fps    + Compare
med. 1366x768
147  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
130  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
49.5  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
med. 1366x768
195  fps    + Compare
high 1366x768
150  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
64  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Crysis 3

Crysis 3

2013
high 1366x768
62  fps    + Compare
ultra 1920x1080
22.7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Star Wars Battlefront1611075445.414.9
Assassin's Creed Syndicate5241.229.2
Fallout 438.530.313.8
Call of Duty: Black Ops 31238240.529.513.4
Anno 220510331.51212
FIFA 1623319011154
World of Warships7424.1
Metal Gear Solid V60606039.621.6
Mad Max1115748.817.6
The Witcher 38231.117.811.5
GTA V54.212.8
Battlefield Hardline1611385636.8
Dragon Age: Inquisition80.571.539.427.1
Alien: Isolation56
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor154925339
Sims 482
Thief93726333
X-Plane 10.258452.524.719.8
Battlefield 41681219137.619.5
Metro: Last Light100916733.8
BioShock Infinite21314713049.5
Tomb Raider19515064
Crysis 36222.7
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