Radeon Graphics 384SP vs R9 285

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking359not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation7.32no data
Power efficiency6.40no data
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameTongaCezanne
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date2 September 2014 (11 years ago)13 April 2021 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$249 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores1792384
Core clock speed918 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1700 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)190 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate102.840.80
Floating-point processing power3.29 TFLOPS1.306 TFLOPS
ROPs328
TMUs11224
L1 Cache448 KBno data
L2 Cache512 KBno data

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 3.0 x16IGP
Length221 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1375 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth176.0 GB/sno data
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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.2No outputs
HDMI+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.56.7 (6.4)
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.12.1
Vulkan1.2.1701.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 September 2014 13 April 2021
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 190 Watt 45 Watt

Graphics 384SP has an age advantage of 6 years, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 322.2% lower power consumption.

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