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.

AMD Radeon R9 M380

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560

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 2756
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 530 vs 433
Around 52% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12703 vs 8351
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 2756
PassMark - G2D Mark	530 vs 433
Geekbench - OpenCL	12703 vs 8351
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

2756

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

530

433

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

12703

8351

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	2756
PassMark - G2D Mark	530	433
Geekbench - OpenCL	12703	8351
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	877	879
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