AMD Radeon RX 5500M vs AMD Radeon R9 380

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5500M and AMD Radeon R9 380 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

AMD Radeon RX 5500M

AMD Radeon R9 380

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 70% higher boost clock speed: 1645 MHz vs 970 MHz
Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 144.76 GT/s vs 108.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11058 vs 7635
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11058 vs 7635
Around 51% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4223 vs 2791

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Oct 2019 vs 18 June 2015
Boost clock speed	1645 MHz vs 970 MHz
Texture fill rate	144.76 GT/s vs 108.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11058 vs 7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11058 vs 7635
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4223 vs 2791

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380

Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6081 vs 3166
Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 653 vs 336
2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 76397 vs 38172
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3617
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3617

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6081 vs 3166
PassMark - G2D Mark	653 vs 336
Geekbench - OpenCL	76397 vs 38172
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718 vs 3617
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718 vs 3617
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3345

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5500M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 380

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3166

6081

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

336

653

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

38172

76397

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11058

7635

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3617

3718

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

3359

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11058

7635

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3617

3718

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3345

3359

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4223

2791

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5500M	AMD Radeon R9 380
PassMark - G3D Mark	3166	6081
PassMark - G2D Mark	336	653
Geekbench - OpenCL	38172	76397
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11058	7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3617	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11058	7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3617	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345	3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4223	2791
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		58.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1503.633

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5500M	AMD Radeon R9 380
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA	GCN 3.0
Launch date	7 Oct 2019	18 June 2015
Place in performance rating	368	370
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Code name		Antigua
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$264.99
Value for money (0-100)		31.71
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1645 MHz	970 MHz
Compute units	22	28
Core clock speed	1448 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	9.26 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.63 TFLOPs
Pixel fill rate	52.6 GP/s
Stream Processors	1408	1792
Texture fill rate	144.76 GT/s	108.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	6400 million	5,000 million
Floating-point performance		3,476 gflops
Pipelines		1792
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		190 Watt
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 8-pin	2 x 6-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length Dual Slot
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		221 mm
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	182.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Memory clock speed		970 MHz
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FRTC
HD3D
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays		6
VGA
API support
DirectX		12
Mantle
OpenCL		2.0
OpenGL		4.5
Vulkan