AMD Radeon R9 380 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 380 and NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 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) 0 month(s) later
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
- 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
- 30.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6134 vs 202
- Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 654 vs 413
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 18 June 2015 vs 5 June 2006 |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 90 nm |
Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 2x 512 MB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 6134 vs 202 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 654 vs 413 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
- Around 95% higher texture fill rate: 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 108.6 GTexel / s
- Around 73% lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 190 Watt
- Around 24% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 970 MHz
Texture fill rate | 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 108.6 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 110 Watt vs 190 Watt |
Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz vs 970 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 380
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | AMD Radeon R9 380 | NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 6134 | 202 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 654 | 413 |
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 | NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 3.0 | Curie |
Code name | Antigua | G71 |
Design | AMD Radeon R9 300 Series | |
Launch date | 18 June 2015 | 5 June 2006 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | $599 |
Place in performance rating | 385 | 382 |
Price now | $264.99 | $54.99 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 31.71 | 4.54 |
Technical info |
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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 | 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 190 Watt | 110 Watt |
Transistor count | 5,000 million | 278 million |
Core clock speed | 500 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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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 |
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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 | 270 mm |
Supplementary power connectors | 2 x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 | 9.0c |
Mantle | ||
OpenCL | 2.0 | |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 2.1 |
Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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High bandwidth memory (HBM) | ||
Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2x 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 182.4 GB/s | 2x 38.4 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 bit | 2x 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 970 MHz | 1200 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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AMD Eyefinity | ||
CrossFire | ||
DDMA audio | ||
FreeSync | ||
FRTC | ||
HD3D | ||
HDMI 4K Support | ||
LiquidVR | ||
PowerTune | ||
TrueAudio | ||
Video Code Engine (VCE) | ||
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) | ||
ZeroCore |