AMD Radeon R9 M380 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M380 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M380

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 810 MHz
  • Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 45.4 GTexel / s
  • 2.3x more pipelines: 768 vs 336
  • Around 41% better floating-point performance: 1,536 gflops vs 1,088.6 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
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2774 vs 2755
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 530 vs 431
  • Around 39% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12660 vs 9103
  • Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 34.701 vs 25.82
  • Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.618 vs 2.201
  • Around 61% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 48.878 vs 30.402
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 194.051 vs 62.233
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 17 May 2011
Core clock speed 900 MHz vs 810 MHz
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s vs 45.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 336
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops vs 1,088.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2774 vs 2755
PassMark - G2D Mark 530 vs 431
Geekbench - OpenCL 12660 vs 9103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 34.701 vs 25.82
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.618 vs 2.201
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 48.878 vs 30.402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 194.051 vs 62.233

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560

  • 2.7x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1500 MHz
  • Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 623.187 vs 546.907
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3754 vs 3688
  • 6.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3667 vs 536
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3332 vs 2855
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3754 vs 3688
  • 6.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3667 vs 536
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3332 vs 2855
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 623.187 vs 546.907
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3754 vs 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3667 vs 536
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3332 vs 2855
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3754 vs 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3667 vs 536
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3332 vs 2855

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M380
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2774
2755
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
530
431
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
12660
9103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
34.701
25.82
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
546.907
623.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.618
2.201
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
48.878
30.402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
194.051
62.233
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3688
3754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
536
3667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2855
3332
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3688
3754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
536
3667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2855
3332
Name AMD Radeon R9 M380 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
PassMark - G3D Mark 2774 2755
PassMark - G2D Mark 530 431
Geekbench - OpenCL 12660 9103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 34.701 25.82
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 546.907 623.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.618 2.201
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 48.878 30.402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 194.051 62.233
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3688 3754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 536 3667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2855 3332
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3688 3754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 536 3667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2855 3332
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 M380 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name Strato GF114
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date 5 May 2015 17 May 2011
Place in performance rating 875 877
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Price now $353.59
Value for money (0-100) 10.61

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 900 MHz 810 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops 1,088.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 768 336
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s 45.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count 2,080 million 1,950 million
Maximum GPU temperature 99 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Eyefinity
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 8.25" (21 cm)
SLI options 2-Way
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 4.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 96 GB / s 128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DirectCompute 5.0
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
TrueAudio
ZeroCore
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI