AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT vs AMD Radeon R9 380X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT and AMD Radeon R9 380X 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 RX 5500 XT

AMD Radeon R9 380X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 90% higher boost clock speed: 1845 MHz vs 970 MHz
1307.6x more texture fill rate: 162.4 GTexel/s vs 124.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 190 Watt
14.4x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 970 MHz
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9110 vs 6153
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 774 vs 671
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11075 vs 9685
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11075 vs 9685

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Dec 2019 vs 19 November 2015
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz vs 970 MHz
Texture fill rate	162.4 GTexel/s vs 124.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 190 Watt
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 970 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9110 vs 6153
PassMark - G2D Mark	774 vs 671
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11075 vs 9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3722 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3367 vs 3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11075 vs 9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3722 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3367 vs 3361

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380X

Around 45% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1408
2.9x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3053 vs 1035

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2048 vs 1408
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3053 vs 1035

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 380X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9110

6153

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

774

671

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11075

9685

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3722

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3367

3361

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11075

9685

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3722

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3367

3361

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1035

3053

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT	AMD Radeon R9 380X
PassMark - G3D Mark	9110	6153
PassMark - G2D Mark	774	671
Geekbench - OpenCL	44510
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	128.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2024.814
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	13.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	125.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	742.778
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11075	9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3722	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3367	3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11075	9685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3722	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3367	3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1035	3053

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT	AMD Radeon R9 380X
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Navi 14	Antigua
Launch date	12 Dec 2019	19 November 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$169	$229
Place in performance rating	308	310
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Price now		$528.44
Value for money (0-100)		15.61
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz	970 MHz
Compute units	22	32
Core clock speed	1607 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	324.7 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.39 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.196 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1408	2048
Pixel fill rate	59.04 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	162.4 GTexel/s	124.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	190 Watt
Transistor count	6400 million	5,000 million
Floating-point performance		3,973 gflops
Stream Processors		2048
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays		6
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	7.09 inches (180 mm)	221 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	2 x 6-pin
Width	Dual-slot
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Mantle
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	182.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	64 bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	970 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore