Radeon R9 M380 vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile and Radeon R9 M380, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
2017
4 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
15.30
+113%

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile outperforms R9 M380 by a whopping 113% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking347545
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency14.00no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameGP107Strato
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 January 2017 (7 years ago)5 May 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores768768
Core clock speed1493 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed1620 MHz1000 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 million2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate77.7648.00
Floating-point processing power2.488 TFLOPS1.536 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs4848

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargemedium sized
Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed7 GB/s1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s96 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
Eyefinity-+
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync-+
HD3D-+
PowerTune-+
DualGraphics-+
TrueAudio-+
ZeroCore-+
Switchable graphics-+
Ansel+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)DirectX® 12
Shader Model6.46.3
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL1.2Not Listed
Vulkan1.2.131-
Mantle-+
CUDA+-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD56
+133%
24−27
−133%
1440p25
+150%
10−12
−150%
4K17
+113%
8−9
−113%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 43
+139%
18−20
−139%
Battlefield 5 59
+181%
21−24
−181%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 47
+213%
14−16
−213%
Far Cry 5 47
+194%
16−18
−194%
Far Cry New Dawn 46
+130%
20−22
−130%
Forza Horizon 4 62
+31.9%
45−50
−31.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2 33
+65%
20−22
−65%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 39
+62.5%
24−27
−62.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 37
+106%
18−20
−106%
Battlefield 5 49
+133%
21−24
−133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 33
+120%
14−16
−120%
Far Cry 5 44
+175%
16−18
−175%
Far Cry New Dawn 42
+110%
20−22
−110%
Forza Horizon 4 57
+21.3%
45−50
−21.3%
Metro Exodus 19
−5.3%
20−22
+5.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+110%
20−22
−110%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 33
+37.5%
24−27
−37.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 47
+114%
21−24
−114%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 23
+27.8%
18−20
−27.8%
Battlefield 5 42
+133%
18−20
−133%
Far Cry 5 40
+150%
16−18
−150%
Far Cry New Dawn 38
+138%
16−18
−138%
Forza Horizon 4 43
−9.3%
45−50
+9.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 26
+18.2%
21−24
−18.2%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21
+133%
9−10
−133%
Metro Exodus 12
+140%
5−6
−140%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+150%
10−11
−150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 17
+113%
8−9
−113%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
Battlefield 5 29
+142%
12−14
−142%
Far Cry 5 26
+225%
8−9
−225%
Far Cry New Dawn 27
+125%
12−14
−125%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
+208%
24−27
−208%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
+300%
1−2
−300%
Metro Exodus 7
+75%
4−5
−75%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+133%
6−7
−133%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8
+167%
3−4
−167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 17
+325%
4−5
−325%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Battlefield 5 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
Far Cry 5 12
+200%
4−5
−200%
Far Cry New Dawn 13
+117%
6−7
−117%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+163%
8−9
−163%

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Hitman 3 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Metro Exodus 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Hitman 3 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Hitman 3 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Hitman 3 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Metro Exodus 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Hitman 3 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

This is how GTX 1050 Ti Mobile and R9 M380 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is 133% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is 150% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is 113% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is 325% faster.
  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the R9 M380 is 9% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is ahead in 28 tests (39%)
  • R9 M380 is ahead in 2 tests (3%)
  • there's a draw in 42 tests (58%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 15.30 7.20
Recency 3 January 2017 5 May 2015
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile has a 112.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 M380 in performance tests.


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