AMD Radeon R9 M390X vs ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M390X and ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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).

AMD Radeon R9 M390X

ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M390X

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 723 MHz vs 625 MHz
Around 28% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 2x 800
Around 48% better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 2x 1,000.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3597 vs 1132

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 7 November 2008
Core clock speed	723 MHz vs 625 MHz
Pipelines	2048 vs 2x 800
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops vs 2x 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3597 vs 1132

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

2.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 542 vs 435

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	542 vs 435

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M390X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3597

1132

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

435

542

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M390X	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	3597	1132
PassMark - G2D Mark	435	542
Geekbench - OpenCL	22044
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	64.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1284.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.881
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	78.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	312.822
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	24690
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	24690

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M390X	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	TeraScale
Code name	Amethyst	R700
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	7 November 2008
Place in performance rating	304	244
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$420
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops	2x 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2048	2x 800
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x DVI, 1x S-Video
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	2x 63.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		1990 MHz
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore