AMD Radeon R9 380 vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 380 and ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO 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 Radeon HD 2900 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 6 month(s) later
11.3x more texture fill rate: 108.6 GTexel / s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
5.6x more pipelines: 1792 vs 320
9.1x better floating-point performance: 3,476 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 190 Watt vs 200 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
9.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6120 vs 628
Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 654 vs 397

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 June 2015 vs 12 December 2007
Texture fill rate	108.6 GTexel / s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 320
Floating-point performance	3,476 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt vs 200 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6120 vs 628
PassMark - G2D Mark	654 vs 397

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO

Around 65% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 970 MHz

Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 970 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 380
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6120

628

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

654

397

Name	AMD Radeon R9 380	ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	6120	628
PassMark - G2D Mark	654	397
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	2793

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 380	ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	TeraScale
Code name	Antigua	R600
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	18 June 2015	12 December 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	386	381
Price now	$264.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	31.71
Technical info
Boost clock speed	970 MHz
Compute units	28
Floating-point performance	3,476 gflops	384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1792	320
Stream Processors	1792
Texture fill rate	108.6 GTexel / s	9.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt	200 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	720 million
Core clock speed		600 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 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	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 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	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	182.4 GB/s	118.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	970 MHz	1600 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