AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 vs AMD Radeon R9 380

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 and AMD Radeon R9 380 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 23% higher boost clock speed: 1190 MHz vs 970 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 190 Watt
  • 2.5x more memory clock speed: 2400 MHz vs 970 MHz
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8870 vs 7635
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8870 vs 7635
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 November 2018 vs 18 June 2015
Boost clock speed 1190 MHz vs 970 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 190 Watt
Memory clock speed 2400 MHz vs 970 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8870 vs 7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8870 vs 7635

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380

  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3586
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3586
  • 3.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 76397 vs 22421
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 656 vs 585
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6153 vs 4809
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3586
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3586
Geekbench - OpenCL 76397 vs 22421
PassMark - G2D Mark 656 vs 585
PassMark - G3D Mark 6153 vs 4809

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 380

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8870
7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8870
7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3586
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3586
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3359
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
22421
76397
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
585
656
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4809
6153
Name AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 AMD Radeon R9 380
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8870 7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8870 7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3586 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3586 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3359
Geekbench - OpenCL 22421 76397
PassMark - G2D Mark 585 656
PassMark - G3D Mark 4809 6153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 58.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1503.633
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2791

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 AMD Radeon R9 380

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 GCN 3.0
Code name Vega 12 Antigua
Launch date 14 November 2018 18 June 2015
Place in performance rating 360 373
Type Workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Price now $264.99
Value for money (0-100) 31.71

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1190 MHz 970 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 190 Watt
Compute units 28
Floating-point performance 3,476 gflops
Pipelines 1792
Stream Processors 1792
Texture fill rate 108.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count 5,000 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length Dual Slot
Length 221 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2 x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan

Memory

Memory clock speed 2400 MHz 970 MHz
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 182.4 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit
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