AMD Radeon R9 380 vs AMD FirePro S9050

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 380 and AMD FirePro S9050 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 108.6 GTexel / s vs 100.8 GTexel / s
  • Around 8% better floating-point performance: 3,476 gflops vs 3,226 gflops
  • Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 190 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6089 vs 4901
  • Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 652 vs 369
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1503.633 vs 1463.376
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7635 vs 7062
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7635 vs 7062
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 June 2015 vs 7 August 2014
Texture fill rate 108.6 GTexel / s vs 100.8 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 3,476 gflops vs 3,226 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 190 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6089 vs 4901
PassMark - G2D Mark 652 vs 369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1503.633 vs 1463.376
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7635 vs 7062
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7635 vs 7062

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9050

  • 3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
  • 5.7x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 970 MHz
  • Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 68.324 vs 58.135
  • Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6260 vs 3718
  • 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 13032 vs 3359
  • Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6260 vs 3718
  • 3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 13032 vs 3359
Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz vs 970 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 68.324 vs 58.135
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6260 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 13032 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6260 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 13032 vs 3359

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 380
GPU 2: AMD FirePro S9050

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6089
4901
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
652
369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
58.135
68.324
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1503.633
1463.376
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7635
7062
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
6260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
13032
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7635
7062
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3718
6260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
13032
Name AMD Radeon R9 380 AMD FirePro S9050
PassMark - G3D Mark 6089 4901
PassMark - G2D Mark 652 369
Geekbench - OpenCL 76397
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 58.135 68.324
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1503.633 1463.376
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7635 7062
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 6260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 13032
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7635 7062
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 6260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 13032
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2791
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.491
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 91.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 344.551

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 380 AMD FirePro S9050

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Antigua Tahiti
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date 18 June 2015 7 August 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Place in performance rating 375 372
Price now $264.99
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 31.71

Technical info

Boost clock speed 970 MHz
Compute units 28
Floating-point performance 3,476 gflops 3,226 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1792 1792
Stream Processors 1792
Texture fill rate 108.6 GTexel / s 100.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 190 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 5,000 million 4,313 million
Core clock speed 900 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length Dual Slot Full Height / Full Length
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 221 mm 254 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2 x 6-pin 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_1)
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 182.4 GB/s 264 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 970 MHz 5500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
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