AMD Radeon R9 M380 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M380 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M 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 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 4.5x more texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 10.6 billion / sec
  • 5.3x more pipelines: 768 vs 144
  • 4.5x better floating-point performance: 1,536 gflops vs 339.8 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
  • Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • 3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2774 vs 811
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 530 vs 203
  • Around 3% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12703 vs 12379
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 3 September 2010
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s vs 10.6 billion / sec
Pipelines 768 vs 144
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops vs 339.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 3 GB
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2774 vs 811
PassMark - G2D Mark 530 vs 203
Geekbench - OpenCL 12703 vs 12379

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

  • Around 31% higher core clock speed: 1180 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • 6.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3274 vs 536
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 2855
  • 6.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3274 vs 536
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 2855
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1180 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3274 vs 536
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 vs 2855
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3274 vs 536
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 vs 2855

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M380
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2774
811
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
530
203
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
12703
12379
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
536
3274
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2855
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
536
3274
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2855
3350
Name AMD Radeon R9 M380 NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
PassMark - G3D Mark 2774 811
PassMark - G2D Mark 530 203
Geekbench - OpenCL 12703 12379
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 3274
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2855 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 536 3274
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2855 3350

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 M380 NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Fermi
Code name Strato GF106
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date 5 May 2015 3 September 2010
Place in performance rating 877 880
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 900 MHz 1180 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops 339.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 768 144
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s 10.6 billion / sec
Transistor count 2,080 million 1,170 million
CUDA cores 144
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 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 12 API
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed 1.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 96 GB / s 60.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DirectCompute 5.0
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
TrueAudio
ZeroCore
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI