AMD Radeon R9 380X vs AMD Radeon R9 380

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 380X and AMD Radeon R9 380 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 124.2 GTexel / s vs 108.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 14% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1792
  • Around 14% better floating-point performance: 3,973 gflops vs 3,476 gflops
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6171 vs 6081
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 677 vs 653
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9685 vs 7635
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9685 vs 7635
  • Around 9% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3053 vs 2791
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 19 November 2015 vs 18 June 2015
Texture fill rate 124.2 GTexel / s vs 108.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2048 vs 1792
Floating-point performance 3,973 gflops vs 3,476 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6171 vs 6081
PassMark - G2D Mark 677 vs 653
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9685 vs 7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9685 vs 7635
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 vs 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3053 vs 2791

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3717

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 380X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 380

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6171
6081
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
677
653
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9685
7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9685
7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3717
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3361
3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
3053
2791
Name AMD Radeon R9 380X AMD Radeon R9 380
PassMark - G3D Mark 6171 6081
PassMark - G2D Mark 677 653
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9685 7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9685 7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3361 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3361 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3053 2791
Geekbench - OpenCL 76397
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 58.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1503.633

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 380X AMD Radeon R9 380

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 GCN 3.0
Code name Antigua Antigua
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date 19 November 2015 18 June 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $199
Place in performance rating 309 370
Price now $528.44 $264.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 15.61 31.71

Technical info

Boost clock speed 970 MHz 970 MHz
Compute units 32 28
Floating-point performance 3,973 gflops 3,476 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2048 1792
Stream Processors 2048 1792
Texture fill rate 124.2 GTexel / s 108.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 190 Watt 190 Watt
Transistor count 5,000 million 5,000 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6 6
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length Full Height / Full Length Dual Slot
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 221 mm 221 mm
Supplementary power connectors ​2 x 6-pin 2 x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12 12
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 182.4 GB/s 182.4 GB/s
Memory bus width 64 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 970 MHz 970 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
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