Radeon R9 380 OEM vs NVS 300

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Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGT218Antigua
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date8 January 2011 (13 years ago)5 May 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109 no data

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 cores161792
Core clock speed520 MHz918 MHz
Number of transistors260 million5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt190 Watt
Texture fill rate4.160102.8
Floating-point processing power0.03936 TFLOPS3.29 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs8112

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length145 mm221 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 6-pin

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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed790 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.64 GB/s176.0 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DMS-592x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model4.16.3
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA1.2-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 January 2011 5 May 2015
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 190 Watt

NVS 300 has 955.6% lower power consumption.

R9 380 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between NVS 300 and Radeon R9 380 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that NVS 300 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon R9 380 OEM is a desktop one.


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