MSI Radeon R9 390 GAMING 8G 8GB GDDR5
GPU Radeon R9 390
VRAM 8GB GDDR5
Boost Clock 1040 MHz
TDP 295 W
Memory Bus 512 bit
Class consumer
40 Overall Score
Price £512
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong thermal (83rd percentile) 83rd
- Strong compute (75th percentile) 75th
- Strong social proof (72nd percentile) 72nd
Cons
- Below average efficiency (11th percentile)
- Below average raster (15th percentile)
- Below average connectivity (22nd percentile)
- Below average feature (24th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | Radeon R9 390 |
| Brand | AMD |
| Architecture | RDNA 3.0 |
| Class | consumer |
| Process | 5 |
Memory
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bus | 512 |
| Bandwidth | 504 |
Compute
| RT Cores | 54 |
| Base Clock | 1327 |
| Boost Clock | 1040 |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 55.3 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 27.65 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 295 |
| Recommended PSU | 450 |
| Cooler | Triple Fan |
| Fans | 2 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 |
| DisplayPort | 1 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| Max Resolution | 3840x2160 |
Physical
| Length | 349 |
| Form Factor | Full Height |
| Weight | 1.8 kg / 4.0 lbs |
Features
| DirectX | 12 |
| RGB | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | MSI Radeon R9 390 GAMING 8G | ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5080-O16G-EVO | Gigabyte AERO GV-N507TAERO OC-16GD | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G | PNY OC VCG5070T16TFXPB1-O |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Radeon R9 390 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti |
| Vram | 8GB GDDR5 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR7 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1040 | 2685 | 2588 | 2730 | 2680 | 2450 |
| Tdp W | 295 | 360 | 300 | 360 | 339 | 300 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 512 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 384 | 256 |
| Ray Tracing | - | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSI Radeon R9 390 GAMING 8G | 48.4 | 25.4 | 27.3 | 15.4 | 75 | 23.7 | 83 | 11.3 | 21.8 | 72.1 |
| ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5080-O16G-EVO Compare | 86.7 | 96.7 | 88.3 | 92.7 | 97.2 | 89.9 | 91.5 | 56 | 94 | 95.3 |
| Gigabyte AERO GV-N507TAERO OC-16GD Compare | 80.6 | 88.5 | 85.1 | 88.8 | 93 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 68.9 | 94 | 95.3 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 86.7 | 97.6 | 88.3 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 57.6 | 94 | 99 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.6 | 91.7 | 91.4 | 83.4 | 99.2 | 84.3 | 91.5 | 42.5 | 98.7 | 78 |
| PNY OC VCG5070T16TFXPB1-O Compare | 80.6 | 92.5 | 85.1 | 88.8 | 93 | 66.8 | 91.5 | 68.9 | 82.1 | 99 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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