Radeon R7 M380 vs GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile and Radeon R7 M380, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile
2016
2x 8 GB GDDR5
34.71
+779%

1080 SLI Mobile outperforms R7 M380 by a whopping 779% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking162737
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code namePascal GP104 SLITropo
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date16 August 2016 (9 years ago)5 May 2015 (10 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 cores5120640
Compute unitsno data10
Core clock speed1556 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHz915 MHz
Number of transistors14400 Million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Texture fill rateno data36.60
Floating-point processing powerno data1.171 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data40
L1 Cacheno data160 KB
L2 Cacheno data256 KB

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
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed10000 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data32 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectorsno dataNo outputs
Eyefinity-+
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration-+
FreeSync-+
HD3D-+
PowerTune-+
DualGraphics-+
ZeroCore-+
Switchable graphics-+
VR Ready+no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12_1DirectX® 12
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno dataNot Listed
Vulkan+-
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 HD137
+879%
14−16
−879%
4K95
+850%
10−12
−850%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 190−200
+1065%
16−18
−1065%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+913%
8−9
−913%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 120−130
+681%
16−18
−681%
Counter-Strike 2 190−200
+1065%
16−18
−1065%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+913%
8−9
−913%
Escape from Tarkov 110−120
+687%
14−16
−687%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+850%
12−14
−850%
Fortnite 150−160
+578%
21−24
−578%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140
+621%
18−20
−621%
Forza Horizon 5 110−120
+918%
10−12
−918%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150
+729%
16−18
−729%
Valorant 210−220
+294%
50−55
−294%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 120−130
+681%
16−18
−681%
Counter-Strike 2 190−200
+1065%
16−18
−1065%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+286%
70−75
−286%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+913%
8−9
−913%
Dota 2 140−150
+292%
35−40
−292%
Escape from Tarkov 110−120
+687%
14−16
−687%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+850%
12−14
−850%
Fortnite 150−160
+578%
21−24
−578%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140
+621%
18−20
−621%
Forza Horizon 5 110−120
+918%
10−12
−918%
Grand Theft Auto V 120−130
+908%
12−14
−908%
Metro Exodus 80−85
+1086%
7−8
−1086%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150
+729%
16−18
−729%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 181
+1408%
12−14
−1408%
Valorant 210−220
+294%
50−55
−294%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 120−130
+681%
16−18
−681%
Cyberpunk 2077 80−85
+913%
8−9
−913%
Dota 2 140−150
+292%
35−40
−292%
Escape from Tarkov 110−120
+687%
14−16
−687%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+850%
12−14
−850%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140
+621%
18−20
−621%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 140−150
+729%
16−18
−729%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 115
+858%
12−14
−858%
Valorant 210−220
+294%
50−55
−294%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 150−160
+578%
21−24
−578%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 85−90
+975%
8−9
−975%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 240−250
+700%
30−35
−700%
Grand Theft Auto V 70−75
+3500%
2−3
−3500%
Metro Exodus 50−55
+2450%
2−3
−2450%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+447%
30−35
−447%
Valorant 240−250
+486%
40−45
−486%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 90−95
+9100%
1−2
−9100%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+1233%
3−4
−1233%
Escape from Tarkov 85−90
+963%
8−9
−963%
Far Cry 5 85−90
+1114%
7−8
−1114%
Forza Horizon 4 95−100
+890%
10−11
−890%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
+967%
6−7
−967%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 90−95
+1050%
8−9
−1050%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 40−45
+900%
4−5
−900%
Grand Theft Auto V 75−80
+369%
16−18
−369%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+967%
3−4
−967%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 87
+867%
9−10
−867%
Valorant 210−220
+980%
20−22
−980%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 55−60
+833%
6−7
−833%
Counter-Strike 2 40−45
+900%
4−5
−900%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+1700%
1−2
−1700%
Dota 2 100−110
+700%
12−14
−700%
Escape from Tarkov 40−45
+2000%
2−3
−2000%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+1400%
3−4
−1400%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
+1200%
5−6
−1200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 45−50
+1025%
4−5
−1025%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 40−45
+1000%
4−5
−1000%

This is how GTX 1080 SLI Mobile and R7 M380 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1080 SLI Mobile is 879% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1080 SLI Mobile is 850% faster in 4K

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

  • in Battlefield 5, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 1080 SLI Mobile is 9100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 1080 SLI Mobile surpassed R7 M380 in all 59 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 34.71 3.95
Recency 16 August 2016 5 May 2015
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile has a 778.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 M380 in performance tests.

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