AMD Radeon R7 M380 vs ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M380 and ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon R7 M380

ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M380

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 44% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 625 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1669 vs 1132

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 7 November 2008
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1669 vs 1132

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

6.1x more texture fill rate: 2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 36.6 GTexel / s
2.5x more pipelines: 2x 800 vs 640
Around 71% better floating-point performance: 2x 1,000.0 gflops vs 1,171 gflops
Around 99% higher memory clock speed: 1990 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 542 vs 534

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 36.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 800 vs 640
Floating-point performance	2x 1,000.0 gflops vs 1,171 gflops
Memory clock speed	1990 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	542 vs 534

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M380
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

534

542

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1669

1132

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M380	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
PassMark - G2D Mark	534	542
PassMark - G3D Mark	1669	1132

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M380	ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Tropo	R700
Design	AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	7 November 2008
Place in performance rating	239	244
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$420
Technical info
Boost clock speed	915 MHz
Compute units	10
Core clock speed	900 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,171 gflops	2x 1,000.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	640	2x 800
Texture fill rate	36.6 GTexel / s	2x 25 GTexel / s billion / sec
Transistor count	1,500 million	956 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		250 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x DVI, 1x S-Video
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.1
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	32 GB / s	2x 63.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1990 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore