NVS 810 vs Radeon R9 M390X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between NVS 810 and Radeon R9 M390X, 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 NVS 810 stacks up against Radeon R9 M390X, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R9 M390X is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R9 M390X 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 M390X here:

Main Specs

  NVS 810 Radeon R9 M390X
Power consumption (TDP) 68 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 8x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Radeon R9 M390X has 47% more power consumption, than NVS 810.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon R9 M390X has 2 GB more memory, than NVS 810.
  • NVS 810 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R9 M390X - in Laptops.
  • NVS 810 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R9 M390X - with GCN 3.
  • Core clock speed of NVS 810 is 179 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M390X.
  • NVS 810 and Radeon R9 M390X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 21−24
ultra / 1080p 1−2 12−14
QHD / 1440p 0−1 8−9
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 12−14 40−45
medium / 1080p 4−5 27−30
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M390X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 420% more, than NVS 810.

Full Specs

  NVS 810 Radeon R9 M390X
Architecture Maxwell GCN 3
Code name GM107 Amethyst (XT) / Tonga
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 4 November 2015 9 June 2015
Pipelines 512 2048
Core clock speed 902 MHz 723 MHz
Boost Clock 1033 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 33.06 92.54
Floating-point performance 2x 1,058 gflops 2,961 gflops
Length 198 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 160.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
Vulkan 1.1.126 +
CUDA 5.0
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Laptop size large
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
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