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.

 

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 247 250
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