AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 vs AMD Radeon R7 M380

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 and AMD Radeon R7 M380 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • 59x more texture fill rate: 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 36.6 GTexel / s
  • 8x more pipelines: 2x 2560 vs 640
  • 8.7x better floating-point performance: 2x 5,120 gflops vs 1,171 gflops
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 2x 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • 5.4x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Launch date 3 September 2015 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 900 MHz
Texture fill rate 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 36.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 2560 vs 640
Floating-point performance 2x 5,120 gflops vs 1,171 gflops
Maximum memory size 2x 8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 5400 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M380

Name AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 AMD Radeon R7 M380
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 21.128
PassMark - G2D Mark 534
PassMark - G3D Mark 1669

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 AMD Radeon R7 M380

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Grenada Tropo
Launch date 3 September 2015 5 May 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $1,399
Place in performance rating 247 246
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R7 300 Series

Technical info

Core clock speed 1000 MHz 900 MHz
Floating-point performance 2x 5,120 gflops 1,171 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2x 2560 640
Texture fill rate 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec 36.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 580 Watt
Transistor count 6,200 million 1,500 million
Boost clock speed 915 MHz
Compute units 10

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 4x 8-pin
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2x 8 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 2x 345.6 GB / s 32 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 512 Bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 5400 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore