RTX A2000 vs Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and RTX A2000, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
2014
2.74

RTX A2000 outperforms R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) by a whopping 1202% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking803137
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data42.88
Power efficiencyno data37.40
ArchitectureGCN (2012−2015)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameKaveri SpectreGA106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date14 January 2014 (10 years ago)10 August 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores3843328
Core clock speed720 MHz562 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1200 MHz
Number of transistorsno data12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data70 Watt
Texture fill rateno data124.8
Floating-point processing powerno data7.987 TFLOPS
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data104
Tensor Coresno data104
Ray Tracing Coresno data26

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data167 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data6 GB
Memory bus widthno data192 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data288.0 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 data4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.6

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 HD15
−527%
94
+527%
1440p3−4
−1300%
42
+1300%
4K2−3
−1500%
32
+1500%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−1200%
65−70
+1200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−1122%
110−120
+1122%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%
Battlefield 5 4−5
−1150%
50−55
+1150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−1186%
90−95
+1186%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−1200%
65−70
+1200%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−1200%
65−70
+1200%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−1186%
90−95
+1186%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−1186%
180−190
+1186%
Hitman 3 8−9
−1150%
100−105
+1150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−1186%
270−280
+1186%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−1100%
24−27
+1100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−1150%
75−80
+1150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−1150%
150−160
+1150%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−1084%
450−500
+1084%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−1122%
110−120
+1122%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%
Battlefield 5 4−5
−1150%
50−55
+1150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−1186%
90−95
+1186%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−1200%
65−70
+1200%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−1200%
65−70
+1200%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−1186%
90−95
+1186%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−1186%
180−190
+1186%
Hitman 3 8−9
−1150%
100−105
+1150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−1186%
270−280
+1186%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−1100%
24−27
+1100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−1150%
75−80
+1150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−1150%
150−160
+1150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−1186%
180−190
+1186%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−1084%
450−500
+1084%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−1122%
110−120
+1122%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−1186%
90−95
+1186%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−1200%
65−70
+1200%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−1200%
65−70
+1200%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−1186%
180−190
+1186%
Hitman 3 8−9
−1150%
100−105
+1150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−1186%
270−280
+1186%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−1150%
150−160
+1150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−1186%
180−190
+1186%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−1084%
450−500
+1084%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−1150%
75−80
+1150%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
−1150%
50−55
+1150%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−1150%
50−55
+1150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−1100%
24−27
+1100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−1100%
24−27
+1100%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−1067%
35−40
+1067%
Hitman 3 8−9
−1150%
100−105
+1150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
−1186%
90−95
+1186%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−1100%
24−27
+1100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
−1150%
200−210
+1150%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−1150%
75−80
+1150%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−1100%
24−27
+1100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−1100%
24−27
+1100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−1150%
50−55
+1150%

This is how R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and RTX A2000 compete in popular games:

  • RTX A2000 is 527% faster in 1080p
  • RTX A2000 is 1300% faster in 1440p
  • RTX A2000 is 1500% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.74 35.67
Recency 14 January 2014 10 August 2021
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm

RTX A2000 has a 1201.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A2000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) in performance tests.


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AMD Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
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