Radeon R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) vs R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)

Place in performance ranking	725	764
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	Kaveri Spectre	Kaveri Spectre
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	14 January 2014 (10 years ago)	14 January 2014 (10 years ago)

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	512	384
Core clock speed	720 MHz	720 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm

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.

Shared memory

API support

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

DirectX

12 (FL 12_0)

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.

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 3.04
+11.4%

R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 2.73

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) outperforms R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) by 11% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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 Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.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%

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 2302
+15.8%

R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 1988

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) outperforms R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) by 16% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 1616
+15%

R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 1406

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) outperforms R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) by 15% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 10341
+7.2%

R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 9651

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) outperforms R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) by 7% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 91999
+2.3%

R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 89954

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) outperforms R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) by 2% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 20
+10.7%

R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) 18

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) outperforms R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) by 11% in Unigine Heaven 3.0.

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 HD

18
+28.6%

−28.6%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7
+20%

5−6

−20%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Battlefield 5	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Hitman 3	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Battlefield 5	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Hitman 3	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Battlefield 5	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6 +0%	6−7 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Hitman 3	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Metro Exodus	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Hitman 3	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

This is how R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) compete in popular games:

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) is 28.6% faster than R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) in 1080p

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) is 100% faster than the R7 384 Cores (Kaveri Desktop).

All in all, in popular games: