AMD Radeon R9 390
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
AMD Radeon R9 390
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Radeon R9 390  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960.

148
Place in performance rating
223
19.18
Value for money (0-100)
60.47
GCN 2.0
Architecture
Maxwell
Grenada
Code name
GM206
Desktop
Type
Desktop
18 June 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
22 January 2015 (6 years ago)
$329
Launch price (MSRP)
$199
$320 (1x MSRP)
Price now
$444 (2.2x MSRP)
reference
Design
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31.34
Value for money
10.46
Grenada
GPU code name
GM206
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon R9 390  vs  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

2560
Pipelines
1024
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Core clock speed
1127 MHz
1000 MHz
Boost Clock
1178 MHz
6,200 million
Transistor count
2,940 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
275 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
160.0
Texture fill rate
72 billion/sec
5,120 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,413 gflops
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CUDA cores
1024
2560
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
1000 MHz
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
6,200 million
Number of transistors
2,940 million
275 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
120 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon R9 390 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
275 mm
Length
9.5" (24.1 cm)
1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pins
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SLI options
+
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Recommended system power (PSU)
400 Watt
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
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Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)
1
Bridgeless CrossFire
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Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Radeon R9 390 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
512 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1000 MHz
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
384 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
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Shared memory
-
-
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
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Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon R9 390 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
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G-SYNC support
+
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Multi monitor support
4 displays
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HDCP
+
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Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
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Audio input for HDMI
Internal
1
Eyefinity
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6
Number of Eyefinity displays
no data
+
HDMI
+
+
DisplayPort support
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Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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3D Vision
+
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GPU Boost
2.0
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CUDA
+
no data
GeForce Experience
+
no data
Surround
+
no data
Adaptive Vertical Sync
+
no data
GameStream
+
no data
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
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GameWorks
+
-
AppAcceleration
no data
1
CrossFire
no data
1
FreeSync
no data
-
HD3D
no data
+
PowerTune
no data
+
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
+
VCE
no data
+
DDMA audio
no data
-
Enduro
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API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon R9 390 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

DirectX® 12
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
+
Vulkan
+
6.3
Shader Model
6.4
2.0
OpenCL
1.2
+
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 390 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon R9 390 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 390
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 390
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 390
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 390
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 390
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 390

12.71% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($320 (1x MSRP) vs $444 (2.2x MSRP))

More pipelines (2560 vs 1024)

More memory bandwidth (384 GB/s vs 112 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Less power consumption (120 Watt vs 275 Watt)

G-SYNC support

So, AMD Radeon R9 390 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 390 .

AMD Radeon R9 390 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

4.4 Out of 60 Hitesti Score
4.1 Out of 273 Hitesti Score