AMD Radeon R9 380 videocard review

Radeon R9 380 videocard released by AMD; release date: 18 June 2015. At the time of release, the videocard cost $199. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 3.0 microarchitecture codenamed Antigua.

Boost clock speed - 970 MHz. Texture fill rate - 108.6 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 1792. Floating-point performance - 3,476 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 5,000 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 190 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 4 GB. Memory bus width - 256 bit. Memory clock speed - 970 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 182.4 GB/s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38588

6135

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

654

Geekbench
OpenCL

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

345150

76397

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

939.363 mPixels/s

58.135 mPixels/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

14101.507 Frames/s

1503.633 Frames/s

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770 Frames

7635 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823 Frames

3718 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

3359 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770.000 Fps

7635.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823.000 Fps

3718.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

3359.000 Fps

3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

36466

2793

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	6135
PassMark - G2D Mark	654
Geekbench - OpenCL	76397
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection	58.135 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation	1503.633 Frames/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	7635 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	3718 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3359 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	7635.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	3718.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3359.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2793

Games performance

1. Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2015)
2. Star Wars Battlefront (2015)
3. Fallout 4 (2015)
4. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (2015)
5. Anno 2205 (2015)
6. World of Warships (2015)
7. The Witcher 3 (2015)
8. Dirt Rally (2015)

9. Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)
10. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)
11. Sims 4 (2014)
12. Thief (2014)
13. Battlefield 4 (2013)
14. Metro: Last Light (2013)
15. BioShock Infinite (2013)
16. Tomb Raider (2013)
17. Crysis 3 (2013)

Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2015)

Low, 1024x768	62.70
Medium, 1366x768	54.80
High, 1920x1080	41.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	17.40
4K, 3840x2160	16.30

Star Wars Battlefront (2015)

Low, 1024x768	130.60
Medium, 1366x768	124.60
High, 1920x1080	68.50
Ultra, 1920x1080	61.30
4K, 3840x2160	24.50

Fallout 4 (2015)

Low, 1280x720	155.20
Medium, 1366x768	107.00
High, 1920x1080	60.90
Ultra, 1920x1080	46.70
4K, 3840x2160	21.30

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x768	129.80
Medium, 1366x768	120.20
High, 1920x1080	61.10
Ultra, 1920x1080	50.70
4K, 3840x2160	21.40

Anno 2205 (2015)

Low, 1024x768	160.10
Medium, 1366x768	96.50
High, 1920x1080	44.20
Ultra, 1920x1080	17.60
4K, 3840x2160	17.80

World of Warships (2015)

Low, 1366x768	186.40
Medium, 1366x768	148.90
High, 1920x1080	125.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	36.40
4K, 3840 x 2160	36.40

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x768	144.30
Medium, 1366x768	89.60
High, 1920x1080	51.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	29.90
4K, 3840x2160	18.50

Dirt Rally (2015)

Low, 1024x768	363.90
Medium, 1366x768	135.30
High, 1920x1080	100.30
Ultra, 1920x1080	60.50
4K, 3840x2160	45.10

Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)

Low, 1024x768	179.70
Medium, 1366x768	148.60
High, 1920x1080	62.80
Ultra, 1920x1080	41.60

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)

Low, 1280x720	203.90
High, 1920x1080	82.80
Ultra, 1920x1080	61.60

Sims 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x768	179.80
Medium, 1366x768	131.70
High, 1920x1080	95.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	92.80

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x768	87.30
Medium, 1366x768	77.80
High, 1366x768	76.50
Ultra, 1920x1080	54.60

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Low, 1024x768	194.30
Medium, 1366x768	176.10
High, 1366x768	148.90
Ultra, 1920x1080	59.50
4K, 3840x2160	25.30

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x768	119.90
Medium, 1366x768	113.20
High, 1366x768	104.60
Ultra, 1920x1080	54.90

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x720	287.50
Medium, 1366x768	219.20
High, 1366x768	191.90
Ultra, 1920x1080	80.80

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x768	529.00
Medium, 1366x768	287.90
High, 1366x768	216.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	104.50

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x768	137.30
Medium, 1366x768	122.90
High, 1366x768	87.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	39.40

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0
Code name	Antigua
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	18 June 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	385
Price now	$264.99
Type	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	31.71
Technical info
Boost clock speed	970 MHz
Compute units	28
Floating-point performance	3,476 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm
Pipelines	1792
Stream Processors	1792
Texture fill rate	108.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays	6
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length Dual Slot
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	221 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	182.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit
Memory clock speed	970 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore

AMD Radeon R9 380 videocard review

Benchmarks

Games performance

Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2015)

Star Wars Battlefront (2015)

Fallout 4 (2015)

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (2015)

Anno 2205 (2015)

World of Warships (2015)

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Dirt Rally (2015)

Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)

Sims 4 (2014)

Thief (2014)

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Metro: Last Light (2013)

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Tomb Raider (2013)

Crysis 3 (2013)

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Technical info

Video outputs and ports

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

API support

Memory

Technologies

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