AMD Radeon R9 M380 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M380 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M 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 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 13% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 797 MHz
  • Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 915 MHz
  • Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 43.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 768 vs 640
  • Around 11% better floating-point performance: 1,536 gflops vs 1,389 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 509 vs 226
  • Around 20% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12565 vs 10441
  • Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 34.701 vs 22.828
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 546.907 vs 210.585
  • Around 71% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 48.878 vs 28.662
  • Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 194.051 vs 162.83
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 10 March 2014
Core clock speed 900 MHz vs 797 MHz
Boost clock speed 1000 MHz vs 915 MHz
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s vs 43.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 640
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops vs 1,389 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 509 vs 226
Geekbench - OpenCL 12565 vs 10441
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 34.701 vs 22.828
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 546.907 vs 210.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 48.878 vs 28.662
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 194.051 vs 162.83

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3069 vs 2765
  • Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.427 vs 2.618
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4938 vs 3688
  • 6.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 536
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3340 vs 2855
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4938 vs 3688
  • 6.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 536
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 2855
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3069 vs 2765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.427 vs 2.618
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4938 vs 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3684 vs 536
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3340 vs 2855
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4938 vs 3688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3684 vs 536
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340 vs 2855

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M380
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2765
3069
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
509
226
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
12565
10441
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
34.701
22.828
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
546.907
210.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.618
3.427
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
48.878
28.662
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
194.051
162.83
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3688
4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
536
3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2855
3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3688
4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
536
3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2855
3340
Name AMD Radeon R9 M380 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
PassMark - G3D Mark 2765 3069
PassMark - G2D Mark 509 226
Geekbench - OpenCL 12565 10441
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 34.701 22.828
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 546.907 210.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.618 3.427
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 48.878 28.662
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 194.051 162.83
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3688 4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 536 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2855 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3688 4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 536 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2855 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1151

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 M380 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Kepler
Code name Strato GK104
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date 5 May 2015 10 March 2014
Place in performance rating 876 877
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz 915 MHz
Core clock speed 900 MHz 797 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops 1,389 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 640
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s 43.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count 2,080 million 3,540 million
CUDA cores 1152 or 640
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Eyefinity
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed 1.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 96 GB / s 80.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0
Standard memory configuration GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DirectCompute 5.0
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
TrueAudio
ZeroCore
3D Blu-Ray
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA