AMD Radeon R9 380 videocard review

AMD Radeon R9 380

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
38582
6134
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
654
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
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 6134
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

Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2015)

Low, 1024x76862.70
Medium, 1366x76854.80
High, 1920x108041.40
Ultra, 1920x108017.40
4K, 3840x216016.30

Star Wars Battlefront (2015)

Low, 1024x768130.60
Medium, 1366x768124.60
High, 1920x108068.50
Ultra, 1920x108061.30
4K, 3840x216024.50

Fallout 4 (2015)

Low, 1280x720155.20
Medium, 1366x768107.00
High, 1920x108060.90
Ultra, 1920x108046.70
4K, 3840x216021.30

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x768129.80
Medium, 1366x768120.20
High, 1920x108061.10
Ultra, 1920x108050.70
4K, 3840x216021.40

Anno 2205 (2015)

Low, 1024x768160.10
Medium, 1366x76896.50
High, 1920x108044.20
Ultra, 1920x108017.60
4K, 3840x216017.80

World of Warships (2015)

Low, 1366x768186.40
Medium, 1366x768148.90
High, 1920x1080125.30
Ultra, 1920x108036.40
4K, 3840 x 216036.40

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x768144.30
Medium, 1366x76889.60
High, 1920x108051.30
Ultra, 1920x108029.90
4K, 3840x216018.50

Dirt Rally (2015)

Low, 1024x768363.90
Medium, 1366x768135.30
High, 1920x1080100.30
Ultra, 1920x108060.50
4K, 3840x216045.10

Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)

Low, 1024x768179.70
Medium, 1366x768148.60
High, 1920x108062.80
Ultra, 1920x108041.60

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)

Low, 1280x720203.90
High, 1920x108082.80
Ultra, 1920x108061.60

Sims 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x768179.80
Medium, 1366x768131.70
High, 1920x108095.00
Ultra, 1920x108092.80

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x76887.30
Medium, 1366x76877.80
High, 1366x76876.50
Ultra, 1920x108054.60

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Low, 1024x768194.30
Medium, 1366x768176.10
High, 1366x768148.90
Ultra, 1920x108059.50
4K, 3840x216025.30

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x768119.90
Medium, 1366x768113.20
High, 1366x768104.60
Ultra, 1920x108054.90

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x720287.50
Medium, 1366x768219.20
High, 1366x768191.90
Ultra, 1920x108080.80

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x768529.00
Medium, 1366x768287.90
High, 1366x768216.00
Ultra, 1920x1080104.50

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x768137.30
Medium, 1366x768122.90
High, 1366x76887.40
Ultra, 1920x108039.40

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