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).

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

AMD Radeon R7 M380

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	62260
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	237	240
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