AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM vs AMD Radeon R9 380

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM

AMD Radeon R9 380

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 190 Watt
4.6x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 970 MHz

Launch date	30 June 2016 vs 18 June 2015
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 190 Watt
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 970 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380

3.7x more texture fill rate: 108.6 GTexel / s vs 29.6 GTexel / s
3.5x more pipelines: 1792 vs 512
3.7x better floating-point performance: 3,476 gflops vs 947.2 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6081 vs 1901
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 653 vs 530
7.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 76397 vs 9694
2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 58.135 vs 24.788
2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1503.633 vs 638.196
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7635 vs 2809
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3666
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7635 vs 2809
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3666

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	108.6 GTexel / s vs 29.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 512
Floating-point performance	3,476 gflops vs 947.2 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6081 vs 1901
PassMark - G2D Mark	653 vs 530
Geekbench - OpenCL	76397 vs 9694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	58.135 vs 24.788
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1503.633 vs 638.196
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7635 vs 2809
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718 vs 3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7635 vs 2809
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718 vs 3666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3358

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 380

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1901

6081

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

530

653

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

9694

76397

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

24.788

58.135

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

638.196

1503.633

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2809

7635

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3666

3718

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3359

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2809

7635

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3666

3718

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3359

Name	AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM	AMD Radeon R9 380
PassMark - G3D Mark	1901	6081
PassMark - G2D Mark	530	653
Geekbench - OpenCL	9694	76397
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	24.788	58.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	638.196	1503.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.619
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	41.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	112.347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2809	7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3666	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2809	7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3666	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2791

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 450 OEM	AMD Radeon R9 380
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Cape Verde	Antigua
Launch date	30 June 2016	18 June 2015
Place in performance rating	764	370
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	925 MHz
Floating-point performance	947.2 gflops	3,476 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	1792
Texture fill rate	29.6 GTexel / s	108.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	190 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	5,000 million
Boost clock speed		970 MHz
Compute units		28
Stream Processors		1792
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
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
Length		221 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Mantle
OpenCL		2.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	182.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	4500 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