AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon R9 380

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop) 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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), 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).

AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

AMD Radeon R9 380

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 38% higher boost clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 970 MHz
1776.8x more texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 108.6 GTexel / s
Around 29% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 1792
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 185 Watt vs 190 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
8.2x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 970 MHz
Around 26% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3510 vs 2791

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 18 June 2015
Boost clock speed	1340 MHz vs 970 MHz
Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s vs 108.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 1792
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt vs 190 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz vs 970 MHz
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3510 vs 2791

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 380

560.6x better floating-point performance: 3,476 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs

Floating-point performance	3,476 gflops vs 6.2 TFLOPs

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 380

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

3510

2791

Name	AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)	AMD Radeon R9 380
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3510	2791
PassMark - G3D Mark		6098
PassMark - G2D Mark		653
Geekbench - OpenCL		76397
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		58.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1503.633
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		7635
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)	AMD Radeon R9 380
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	Polaris 20	Antigua
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series	AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	18 June 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$301.69	$199
Place in performance rating	374	375
Price now	$169.99	$264.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	62.57	31.71
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1340 MHz	970 MHz
Compute units	36	28
Core clock speed	1257 MHz
Floating-point performance	6.2 TFLOPs	3,476 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2304	1792
Pixel fill rate	42.88 GP/s
Render output units	32
Stream Processors	2304	1792
Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s	108.6 GTexel / s
Texture Units	144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt	190 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	5,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays		6
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length Dual Slot
Length		221 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2 x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Mantle
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	256 GB/s	182.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	8000 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
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
DDMA audio
FRTC
HD3D
ZeroCore