AMD Radeon R9 380 vs ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 380 and ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition 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 X1950 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 9 month(s) later
10.4x more texture fill rate: 108.6 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
40.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6152 vs 151
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 656 vs 466

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 June 2015 vs 10 September 2006
Texture fill rate	108.6 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6152 vs 151
PassMark - G2D Mark	656 vs 466

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

2.1x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 970 MHz

Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 970 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 380
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6152

151

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

656

466

Name	AMD Radeon R9 380	ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	6152	151
PassMark - G2D Mark	656	466
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	2791

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 380	ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	R500
Code name	Antigua	R580+
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	18 June 2015	10 September 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	374	328
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	10.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	384 million
Core clock speed		650 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	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	182.4 GB/s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	970 MHz	2000 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