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.

AMD Radeon R9 380

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

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
30.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6120 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	6120 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

GPU 1

GPU 2

6120

202

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

654

413

Name	AMD Radeon R9 380	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
PassMark - G3D Mark	6120	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
Essentials
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	386	383
Price now	$264.99	$54.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	31.71	4.54
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	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
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	270 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
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
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore