AMD Radeon R9 380X vs AMD Radeon R9 M390X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 380X and AMD Radeon R9 M390X 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Radeon R9 380X

AMD Radeon R9 M390X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380X

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 34% higher texture fill rate: 124.2 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Around 34% better floating-point performance: 3,973 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
Around 60% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6153 vs 3851
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 671 vs 487
Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9685 vs 6508
Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9685 vs 6508

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 November 2015 vs 5 May 2015
Texture fill rate	124.2 GTexel / s vs 92.54 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	3,973 gflops vs 2,961 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6153 vs 3851
PassMark - G2D Mark	671 vs 487
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9685 vs 6508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9685 vs 6508

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M390X

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 190 Watt
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8593 vs 3717
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8593 vs 3717
7.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 24690 vs 3361
7.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 24690 vs 3361

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 190 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8593 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8593 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	24690 vs 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	24690 vs 3361

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 380X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M390X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6153

3851

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

671

487

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9685

6508

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9685

6508

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

8593

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

8593

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

24690

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

24690

Name	AMD Radeon R9 380X	AMD Radeon R9 M390X
PassMark - G3D Mark	6153	3851
PassMark - G2D Mark	671	487
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	9685	6508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	9685	6508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	8593
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	8593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361	24690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361	24690
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3053
Geekbench - OpenCL		22044
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		64.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1284.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.881
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		78.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		312.822

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 380X	AMD Radeon R9 M390X
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Antigua	Amethyst
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	19 November 2015	5 May 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$229
Place in performance rating	310	311
Price now	$528.44
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	15.61
Technical info
Boost clock speed	970 MHz
Compute units	32
Floating-point performance	3,973 gflops	2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	2048
Stream Processors	2048
Texture fill rate	124.2 GTexel / s	92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	190 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	5,000 million
Core clock speed		723 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
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	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	221 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 6-pin	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12	12
Mantle
OpenCL	2.0	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	182.4 GB/s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	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
DualGraphics
Switchable graphics