AMD Radeon R9 M380 vs AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M380 and AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM 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), 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).

AMD Radeon R9 M380

AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M380

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 3% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 875 MHz
6.9x more texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 7 GTexel / s
4.8x more pipelines: 768 vs 160
5.5x better floating-point performance: 1,536 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
10x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2773 vs 277
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 509 vs 202

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 21 December 2013
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 875 MHz
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s vs 7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 160
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2773 vs 277
PassMark - G2D Mark	509 vs 202

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1500 MHz

Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1500 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M380
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2773

277

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

509

202

Name	AMD Radeon R9 M380	AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	2773	277
PassMark - G2D Mark	509	202
Geekbench - OpenCL	12565
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	34.701
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	546.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.618
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	48.878
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	194.051
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	536
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2855
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	536
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2855

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 M380	AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Strato	Caicos
Design	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	21 December 2013
Place in performance rating	863	865
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	875 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops	280.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	768	160
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s	7 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,080 million	370 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		18 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DirectCompute 5.0
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
TrueAudio
ZeroCore