Radeon Pro WX 5100 vs Radeon R9 M390

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon Pro WX 5100 and Radeon R9 M390, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Radeon Pro WX 5100 stacks up against Radeon R9 M390, check out specs charts below.
Radeon Pro WX 5100

Radeon R9 M390 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R9 M390 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon R9 M390 here:

Main Specs

  Radeon Pro WX 5100 Radeon R9 M390
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon Pro WX 5100 has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 M390.
  • Radeon Pro WX 5100 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R9 M390 - in Laptops.
  • Radeon Pro WX 5100 is build with GCN 4.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 M390 - with GCN.
  • Radeon Pro WX 5100 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M390 - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 18−20
ultra / 1080p 21−24 10−11
QHD / 1440p 16−18 5−6
4K / 2160p 10−11 4−5
low / 720p 60−65 35−40
medium / 1080p 40−45 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro WX 5100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Radeon R9 M390.

Full Specs

  Radeon Pro WX 5100 Radeon R9 M390
Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN
Code name Ellesmere Pitcairn
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 18 November 2016 9 June 2015
Pipelines 1792 1024
Core clock speed 713 MHz
Boost Clock 1086 MHz
Transistor count 5,700 million 5000 Million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 121.6
Floating-point performance 3,892 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 2.0 Not Listed
Vulkan 1.2.131
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 250 Mh/s 242 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
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