AMD Radeon R9 380 vs AMD Radeon HD 7970

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 380 and AMD Radeon HD 7970 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).

AMD Radeon R9 380

AMD Radeon HD 7970

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 970 MHz vs 925 MHz
Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 190 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 76397 vs 34541
Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1503.633 vs 1390.592
Around 23% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2791 vs 2276

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 June 2015 vs 22 December 2011
Boost clock speed	970 MHz vs 925 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt vs 300 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	76397 vs 34541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1503.633 vs 1390.592
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718 vs 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718 vs 3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2791 vs 2276

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970

Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 118.4 GTexel / s vs 108.6 GTexel / s
Around 14% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1792
Around 9% better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 3,476 gflops
Around 42% higher memory clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 970 MHz
Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 84.413 vs 58.135
Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9448 vs 7635
Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9448 vs 7635

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	118.4 GTexel / s vs 108.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1792
Floating-point performance	3,789 gflops vs 3,476 gflops
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz vs 970 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	84.413 vs 58.135
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9448 vs 7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9448 vs 7635

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 380
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

76397

34541

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

58.135

84.413

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1503.633

1390.592

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7635

9448

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3718

3704

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3350

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7635

9448

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3718

3704

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

3350

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2791

2276

Name	AMD Radeon R9 380	AMD Radeon HD 7970
PassMark - G3D Mark	6081
PassMark - G2D Mark	653
Geekbench - OpenCL	76397	34541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	58.135	84.413
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1503.633	1390.592
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7635	9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718	3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7635	9448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718	3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2791	2276
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		7.336
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		101.929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		481.76

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 380	AMD Radeon HD 7970
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Antigua	Tahiti
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date	18 June 2015	22 December 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$549
Place in performance rating	370	464
Price now	$264.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	31.71
Technical info
Boost clock speed	970 MHz	925 MHz
Compute units	28
Floating-point performance	3,476 gflops	3,789 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1792	2048
Stream Processors	1792	2048
Texture fill rate	108.6 GTexel / s	118.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	4,313 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-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 2.1 x16
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length Dual Slot
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	221 mm	274 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	11
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	182.4 GB/s	264 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	970 MHz	1375 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	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