AMD Radeon R9 M380 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M380 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M380

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 80% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • 2.4x more texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
  • Around 92% better floating-point performance: 1,536 gflops vs 800.0 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
  • 3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2771 vs 763
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 529 vs 403
  • 4.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 34.701 vs 7.457
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 546.907 vs 512.081
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3688 vs 1643
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3688 vs 1643
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 7 January 2010
Core clock speed 900 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2771 vs 763
PassMark - G2D Mark 529 vs 403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 34.701 vs 7.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 546.907 vs 512.081
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3688 vs 1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3688 vs 1643

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

  • Around 4% higher pipelines: 800 vs 768
  • 2.7x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1500 MHz
  • 6.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3314 vs 536
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 2855
  • 6.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3314 vs 536
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 2855
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 800 vs 768
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3314 vs 536
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 2855
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3314 vs 536
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 2855

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M380
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2771
763
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
529
403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
34.701
7.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
546.907
512.081
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3688
1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
536
3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2855
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3688
1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
536
3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2855
3356
Name AMD Radeon R9 M380 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850
PassMark - G3D Mark 2771 763
PassMark - G2D Mark 529 403
Geekbench - OpenCL 12565
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 34.701 7.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 546.907 512.081
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 1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 536 3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2855 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3688 1643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 536 3314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2855 3356

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 M380 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Strato Broadway
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date 5 May 2015 7 January 2010
Place in performance rating 863 861
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 900 MHz 500 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops 800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 768 800
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s 20 GTexel / s
Transistor count 2,080 million 1,040 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized large

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 64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DirectCompute 5.0
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
TrueAudio
ZeroCore
HDMI 1.3a