AMD Radeon R9 390X vs AMD Radeon R7 M380

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 390X 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), 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 390X

AMD Radeon R7 M380

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390X

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 15% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 915 MHz
5x more texture fill rate: 184.8 GTexel / s vs 36.6 GTexel / s
4.4x more pipelines: 2816 vs 640
5.1x better floating-point performance: 5,914 gflops vs 1,171 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 5% higher memory clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 1000 MHz
5.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9363 vs 1669
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 819 vs 534

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 June 2015 vs 5 May 2015
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz vs 915 MHz
Texture fill rate	184.8 GTexel / s vs 36.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2816 vs 640
Floating-point performance	5,914 gflops vs 1,171 gflops
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9363 vs 1669
PassMark - G2D Mark	819 vs 534

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9363

1669

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

819

534

Name	AMD Radeon R9 390X	AMD Radeon R7 M380
PassMark - G3D Mark	9363	1669
PassMark - G2D Mark	819	534
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	114.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2911.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	10.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	118.411
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	683.568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4242

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 390X	AMD Radeon R7 M380
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Grenada	Tropo
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series	AMD Radeon R7 300 Series
Launch date	18 June 2015	5 May 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$429
Place in performance rating	269	266
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz	915 MHz
Compute units	44	10
Floating-point performance	5,914 gflops	1,171 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2816	640
Stream Processors	2816
Texture fill rate	184.8 GTexel / s	36.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	275 Watt
Transistor count	6,200 million	1,500 million
Core clock speed		900 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
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	275 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
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	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	384 GB/s	32 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
Switchable graphics