GeForce GTX 680M SLI vs Radeon R9 380

Place in performance ranking	312	302
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	9.08	27.94
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	Tonga Pro	N13E-GTX
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	26 June 2015 (8 years ago)	4 June 2012 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	no data
Current price	$12.90 (0.1x MSRP)	$149

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 680M SLI has 208% better value for money than R9 380.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1792	2688
Compute units	28	no data
Core clock speed	no data	720 MHz
Boost clock speed	970 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,000 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	190 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	108.6	no data
Floating-point performance	3,476 gflops	no data

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon R9 380 and GeForce GTX 680M SLI compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	221 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Form factor	full height / full length / dual slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 6-pin	no data
SLI options	no data	+
Bridgeless CrossFire	1	no data

Memory

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)	-	no data
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	970 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory bandwidth	182.4 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	no data
Eyefinity	+	no data
Number of Eyefinity displays	6	no data
HDMI	+	no data
DisplayPort support	+	no data

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration	-	no data
CrossFire	1	no data
Enduro	-	no data
FRTC	1	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
HD3D	+	no data
LiquidVR	1	no data
PowerTune	+	no data
TrueAudio	+	no data
ZeroCore	+	no data
VCE	+	no data
DDMA audio	+	no data
Optimus	no data	+

API support

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	11
Shader Model	6.3	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	+	no data
Mantle	+	no data
CUDA	no data	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R9 380 15.89

GTX 680M SLI 16.50
+3.8%

GeForce GTX 680M SLI outperforms Radeon R9 380 by 4% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

R9 380 29722

GTX 680M SLI 32635
+9.8%

GeForce GTX 680M SLI outperforms Radeon R9 380 by 10% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

R9 380 12191
+11.3%

GTX 680M SLI 10952

Radeon R9 380 outperforms GeForce GTX 680M SLI by 11% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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:

900p	120−130 −10.8%	133 +10.8%
Full HD	65 −50.8%	98 +50.8%
4K	25 +4.2%	24−27 −4.2%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

24−27

−4%

24−27
+4%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35 −3%	30−35 +3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 −3.7%	27−30 +3.7%
Battlefield 5	50−55 −3.7%	55−60 +3.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 −2.4%	40−45 +2.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 −4%	24−27 +4%
Far Cry 5	40−45 −4.9%	40−45 +4.9%
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45 −4.7%	45−50 +4.7%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 −3.6%	55−60 +3.6%
Hitman 3	40−45 −4.5%	45−50 +4.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −6.1%	35−40 +6.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −3.8%	27−30 +3.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 −6.1%	35−40 +6.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −3.3%	30−35 +3.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35 −3%	30−35 +3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 −3.7%	27−30 +3.7%
Battlefield 5	50−55 −3.7%	55−60 +3.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 −2.4%	40−45 +2.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 −4%	24−27 +4%
Far Cry 5	40−45 −4.9%	40−45 +4.9%
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45 −4.7%	45−50 +4.7%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 −3.6%	55−60 +3.6%
Hitman 3	40−45 −4.5%	45−50 +4.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −6.1%	35−40 +6.1%
Metro Exodus	24−27 −4%	24−27 +4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 −3.8%	27−30 +3.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 −6.1%	35−40 +6.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	51 +45.7%	35−40 −45.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −3.3%	30−35 +3.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35 −3%	30−35 +3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 −3.7%	27−30 +3.7%
Battlefield 5	50−55 −3.7%	55−60 +3.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	24−27 −4%	24−27 +4%
Far Cry 5	40−45 −4.9%	40−45 +4.9%
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45 −4.7%	45−50 +4.7%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 −3.6%	55−60 +3.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30 −16.7%	35−40 +16.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −3.3%	30−35 +3.3%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 −4.3%	24−27 +4.3%
Hitman 3	24−27 −4%	24−27 +4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Metro Exodus	14−16 −7.1%	14−16 +7.1%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	20−22 −5%	21−24 +5%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −7.7%	14−16 +7.7%
Battlefield 5	30−35 −2.9%	35−40 +2.9%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −3.8%	27−30 +3.8%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−33 −3.3%	30−35 +3.3%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −6.5%	30−35 +6.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −6.3%	16−18 +6.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −9.1%	12−14 +9.1%
Hitman 3	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Metro Exodus	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	19 +18.8%	16−18 −18.8%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Battlefield 5	16−18 −5.9%	18−20 +5.9%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −6.7%	16−18 +6.7%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −4.5%	21−24 +4.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%

This is how R9 380 and GTX 680M SLI compete in popular games:

GTX 680M SLI is 10.8% faster than R9 380 in 900p
GTX 680M SLI is 50.8% faster than R9 380 in 1080p
R9 380 is 4.2% faster than GTX 680M SLI in 4K

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

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the R9 380 is 45.7% faster than the GTX 680M SLI.
in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 680M SLI is 16.7% faster than the R9 380.

All in all, in popular games: