AMD Radeon R9 M390 vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M390 and ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, API support, Memory, Technologies, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M390

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 2648
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 2648
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 09 June 2015 vs 6 November 2007
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 vs 2648
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 vs 2648

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M390
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
2648
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
2648
Name AMD Radeon R9 M390 ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
Geekbench - OpenCL 20526
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 44.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 881.959
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.028
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 73.782
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 241.868
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6227
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1232
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 2648
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6227
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1232
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 2648
PassMark - G3D Mark 292
PassMark - G2D Mark 344

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 M390 ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Essentials

Architecture GCN TeraScale
Code name Pitcairn R600
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date 09 June 2015 6 November 2007
Place in performance rating 803 801
Type Desktop

API support

DirectX 12 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 256 MB
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 Bit
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Memory bandwidth 51.2 GB / s
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore

Technical info

Core clock speed 601 MHz
Floating-point performance 288.48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 80 nm
Pipelines 240
Texture fill rate 7.21 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt
Transistor count 720 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin