AMD Radeon R9 380 vs ATI FireGL V8600

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 380 and ATI FireGL V8600 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.

AMD Radeon R9 380

ATI FireGL V8600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 1 month(s) later
9.9x more texture fill rate: 108.6 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
5.6x more pipelines: 1792 vs 320
7.9x better floating-point performance: 3,476 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
7.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6152 vs 839
Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 656 vs 406

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 June 2015 vs 14 May 2007
Texture fill rate	108.6 GTexel / s vs 11.01 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 320
Floating-point performance	3,476 gflops vs 440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6152 vs 839
PassMark - G2D Mark	656 vs 406

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V8600

Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 159 Watt vs 190 Watt
Around 79% higher memory clock speed: 1736 MHz vs 970 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	159 Watt vs 190 Watt
Memory clock speed	1736 MHz vs 970 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 380
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V8600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6152

839

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

656

406

Name	AMD Radeon R9 380	ATI FireGL V8600
PassMark - G3D Mark	6152	839
PassMark - G2D Mark	656	406
Geekbench - OpenCL	76397
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	58.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1503.633
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2792

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 380	ATI FireGL V8600
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	TeraScale
Code name	Antigua	R600
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	18 June 2015	14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$1,899
Place in performance rating	373	363
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	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1792	320
Stream Processors	1792
Texture fill rate	108.6 GTexel / s	11.01 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt	159 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	720 million
Core clock speed		688 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
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
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length Dual Slot
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	221 mm	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	182.4 GB/s	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	970 MHz	1736 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4
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