AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 vs AMD Radeon R7 M380

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 and AMD Radeon R7 M380 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 26% higher core clock speed: 1138 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 37% higher boost clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 915 MHz
  • 8.3x more texture fill rate: 302.4 GTexel / s vs 36.6 GTexel / s
  • 5.6x more pipelines: 3584 vs 640
  • 8.3x better floating-point performance: 9,677 gflops vs 1,171 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 57% higher memory clock speed: 1572 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 7.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12354 vs 1669
  • Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 828 vs 534
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 August 2017 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed 1138 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed 1250 MHz vs 915 MHz
Texture fill rate 302.4 GTexel / s vs 36.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3584 vs 640
Floating-point performance 9,677 gflops vs 1,171 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 1572 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 12354 vs 1669
PassMark - G2D Mark 828 vs 534

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M380

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
12354
1669
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
828
534
Name AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 AMD Radeon R7 M380
PassMark - G3D Mark 12354 1669
PassMark - G2D Mark 828 534
Geekbench - OpenCL 61544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 153.117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1722.138
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 11.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 126.528
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1172.788
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 12822
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 12822
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 AMD Radeon R7 M380

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Vega 10 Tropo
Launch date 14 August 2017 5 May 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $399
Place in performance rating 249 247
Type Workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R7 300 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1250 MHz 915 MHz
Core clock speed 1138 MHz 900 MHz
Floating-point performance 9,677 gflops 1,171 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 3584 640
Texture fill rate 302.4 GTexel / s 36.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 210 Watt
Transistor count 12,500 million 1,500 million
Compute units 10

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors None
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 402.4 GB / s 32 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 Bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 1572 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory type HBM2 DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore