AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) vs AMD Radeon R9 380

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) and AMD Radeon R9 380 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 RX 470 (Desktop)

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 24% higher boost clock speed: 1206 MHz vs 970 MHz
  • Around 42% higher texture fill rate: 154.4 GTexel / s vs 108.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 14% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1792
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 190 Watt
  • 6.8x more memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 970 MHz
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8001 vs 6134
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 725 vs 654
  • Around 92% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 111.543 vs 58.135
  • Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1817.005 vs 1503.633
  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9983 vs 7635
  • Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9983 vs 7635
  • Around 32% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3675 vs 2793
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 August 2016 vs 18 June 2015
Boost clock speed 1206 MHz vs 970 MHz
Texture fill rate 154.4 GTexel / s vs 108.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2048 vs 1792
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 190 Watt
Memory clock speed 6600 MHz vs 970 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 8001 vs 6134
PassMark - G2D Mark 725 vs 654
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 111.543 vs 58.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1817.005 vs 1503.633
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9983 vs 7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9983 vs 7635
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3675 vs 2793

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380

  • 709.4x better floating-point performance: 3,476 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs
  • 2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 76397 vs 33840
  • Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 2443
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 1674
  • Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 2443
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 1674
Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance 3,476 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 76397 vs 33840
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 1674

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 380

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8001
6134
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
725
654
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
33840
76397
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
111.543
58.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1817.005
1503.633
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9983
7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2443
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1674
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9983
7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2443
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1674
3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
3675
2793
Name AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) AMD Radeon R9 380
PassMark - G3D Mark 8001 6134
PassMark - G2D Mark 725 654
Geekbench - OpenCL 33840 76397
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 111.543 58.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1817.005 1503.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 9.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 99.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 511.362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9983 7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2443 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1674 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9983 7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2443 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1674 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3675 2793

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) AMD Radeon R9 380

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 3.0
Code name Ellesmere Antigua
Design Radeon RX 400 Series AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
GCN generation 4th Gen
Launch date 4 August 2016 18 June 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $179 $199
Place in performance rating 384 385
Price now $109.99 $264.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 100.00 31.71

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1206 MHz 970 MHz
Compute units 32 28
Core clock speed 926 MHz
Floating-point performance 4.9 TFLOPs 3,476 gflops
GPU Power 85-110 Watt
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2048 1792
Stream Processors 2048 1792
Texture fill rate 154.4 GTexel / s 108.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 190 Watt
Transistor count 5,700 million 5,000 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Eyefinity
Number of Eyefinity displays 6

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm 221 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2 x 6-pin
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length Dual Slot

API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan
Mantle

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 211 GB/s 182.4 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 6600 MHz 970 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0
High bandwidth memory (HBM)

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0b
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore
DDMA audio
FRTC
HD3D
LiquidVR