AMD Radeon R7 360 896SP vs AMD Radeon R9 380

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 360 896SP 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: 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R7 360 896SP

AMD Radeon R9 380

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 360 896SP

2.2x lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 190 Watt
6.2x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 970 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 190 Watt
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 970 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380

Around 76% higher texture fill rate: 108.6 GTexel / s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 1792 vs 896
Around 76% better floating-point performance: 3,476 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB

Texture fill rate	108.6 GTexel / s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 896
Floating-point performance	3,476 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 360 896SP
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 380

Name	AMD Radeon R7 360 896SP	AMD Radeon R9 380
PassMark - G3D Mark		6120
PassMark - G2D Mark		654
Geekbench - OpenCL		76397
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		58.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1503.633
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2793

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 360 896SP	AMD Radeon R9 380
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Tobago	Antigua
Launch date	18 June 2015	18 June 2015
Place in performance rating	not rated	386
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$264.99
Value for money (0-100)		31.71
Technical info
Core clock speed	1100 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops	3,476 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	896	1792
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s	108.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	190 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	5,000 million
Boost clock speed		970 MHz
Compute units		28
Stream Processors		1792
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	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
Length	183 mm	221 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2 x 6-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length Dual Slot
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Mantle
OpenCL		2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	182.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	970 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
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