AMD Radeon R9 380 vs ATI Radeon X1900 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 380 and ATI Radeon X1900 GT 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 15.7x more texture fill rate: 108.6 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
  • 42x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6135 vs 146
  • Around 60% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 654 vs 409
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 June 2015 vs 1 May 2006
Texture fill rate 108.6 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6135 vs 146
PassMark - G2D Mark 654 vs 409

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 GT

  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 190 Watt
  • Around 24% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 970 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 190 Watt
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz vs 970 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 380
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6135
146
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
654
409
Name AMD Radeon R9 380 ATI Radeon X1900 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 6135 146
PassMark - G2D Mark 654 409
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 X1900 GT

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 R500
Code name Antigua R580
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date 18 June 2015 1 May 2006
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Place in performance rating 385 387
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
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 1792
Stream Processors 1792
Texture fill rate 108.6 GTexel / s 6.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 190 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 5,000 million 384 million
Core clock speed 575 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
Supplementary power connectors 2 x 6-pin 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12 9.0c
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 2.0
Vulkan

Memory

High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 182.4 GB/s 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 970 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
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