AMD Radeon R9 390
VS
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
AMD Radeon R9 390
VS
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060

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 RTX 3060.

148
Place in performance rating
31
19.18
Value for money (0-100)
1.25
GCN 2.0
Architecture
Ampere
Grenada
Code name
GA106
Desktop
Type
Desktop
18 June 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
12 January 2021
$329
Launch price (MSRP)
$329
$320 (1x MSRP)
Price now
$420
reference
Design
31.34
Value for money
Grenada
GPU code name
Desktop
Market segment

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon R9 390  vs  NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 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
3584
no data
Core clock speed
1320 MHz
1000 MHz
Boost Clock
1778 MHz
6,200 million
Transistor count
13,250 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
275 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
160.0
Texture fill rate
198.0
5,120 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
CUDA cores
8.6
2560
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1000 MHz
Boost clock speed
6,200 million
Number of transistors
275 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon R9 390 and NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
275 mm
Length
242 mm 9.5 inches
1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin (8+4)
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
PCIe 4.0 x16
no data
Width
112 mm 4.4 inches
1
Bridgeless CrossFire

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 RTX 3060.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
no data
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
512 Bit
Memory bus width
192 bit
1000 MHz
Memory clock speed
384 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
-
High bandwidth memory (HBM)

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 RTX 3060.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
1
Eyefinity
6
Number of Eyefinity displays
+
HDMI
1x
+
DisplayPort support
3x

Technologies

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

-
AppAcceleration
1
CrossFire
1
FreeSync
-
HD3D
+
PowerTune
+
TrueAudio
-
ZeroCore
+
VCE
+
DDMA audio
-
Enduro

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon R9 390 and NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 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 Ultimate (12_2)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
1.2
6.3
Shader Model
2.0
OpenCL
3.0
+
Mantle

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 390 and NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 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 RTX 3060 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 RTX 3060
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 390
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 390
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 390
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 390
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
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

39.58% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($320 (1x MSRP) vs $420)

More memory bandwidth (384 GB/s vs 360.0 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060

More pipelines (3584 vs 2560)

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (170 Watt vs 275 Watt)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, AMD Radeon R9 390 or NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060?

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

AMD Radeon R9 390 versus NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

Unigine Heaven 4.0

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Passmark

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User rating

4.4 Out of 60 Hitesti Score
4.2 Out of 30 Hitesti Score