AMD Radeon RX 560X vs AMD Radeon R9 380

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560X 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 560X

AMD Radeon R9 380

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560X

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 31% higher boost clock speed: 1275 MHz vs 970 MHz
751.4x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 108.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 190 Watt
7.2x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 970 MHz
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 669 vs 654
Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4873 vs 3718
Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4873 vs 3718

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 18 June 2015
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz vs 970 MHz
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s vs 108.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 190 Watt
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 970 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	669 vs 654
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4873 vs 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4873 vs 3718

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380

Around 75% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1024
1336.9x better floating-point performance: 3,476 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7635 vs 5698
Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7635 vs 5698
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6119 vs 3553
4.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 76397 vs 16461

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1792 vs 1024
Floating-point performance	3,476 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7635 vs 5698
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7635 vs 5698
PassMark - G3D Mark	6119 vs 3553
Geekbench - OpenCL	76397 vs 16461
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359 vs 3357

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 380

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5698

7635

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5698

7635

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

669

654

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3553

6119

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

16461

76397

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4873

3718

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4873

3718

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3359

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3359

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560X	AMD Radeon R9 380
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5698	7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5698	7635
PassMark - G2D Mark	669	654
PassMark - G3D Mark	3553	6119
Geekbench - OpenCL	16461	76397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4873	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4873	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	3359
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		58.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1503.633
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2793

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560X	AMD Radeon R9 380
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Polaris 21	Antigua
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	18 June 2015
Place in performance rating	390	387
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$264.99
Value for money (0-100)		31.71
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz	970 MHz
Compute units	14/16	28
Core clock speed	1175 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.6 TFLOPs	3,476 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	1792
Pixel fill rate	20.40 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	896/1024	1792
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s	108.6 GTexel / s
Texture Units	64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	190 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	5,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x 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
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	170 mm	221 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	2 x 6-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length Dual Slot
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Mantle
OpenCL		2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	182.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	970 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
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