AMD Radeon R9 380 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 380 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M 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 GTS 150M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 3 month(s) later
8.4x more texture fill rate: 108.6 GTexel / s vs 13 billion / sec
28x more pipelines: 1792 vs 64
27.2x better floating-point performance: 3,476 gflops vs 128 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
12.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6152 vs 504
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 656 vs 407

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 June 2015 vs 3 March 2009
Texture fill rate	108.6 GTexel / s vs 13 billion / sec
Pipelines	1792 vs 64
Floating-point performance	3,476 gflops vs 128 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6152 vs 504
PassMark - G2D Mark	656 vs 407

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

4.2x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 190 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 190 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 380
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6152

504

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

656

407

Name	AMD Radeon R9 380	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
PassMark - G3D Mark	6152	504
PassMark - G2D Mark	656	407
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	2792

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 380	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Tesla
Code name	Antigua	G94
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	18 June 2015	3 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	373	372
Price now	$264.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	31.71
Technical info
Boost clock speed	970 MHz
Compute units	28
Floating-point performance	3,476 gflops	128 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	1792	64
Stream Processors	1792
Texture fill rate	108.6 GTexel / s	13 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	505 million
Core clock speed		1000 MHz
CUDA cores		64
Gigaflops		192
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	DisplayPortHDMIDual Link DVILVDSSingle Link DVIVGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays	6
VGA
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI-E 2.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length Dual Slot
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	221 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	182.4 GB/s	51 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	970 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	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
CUDA
MXM 3.0 Type-B
PCI-E 2.0
Power management		8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
PureVideo HD