GeForce RTX 5080 SUPER vs Radeon R9 380X
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 389 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 6.70 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 5.89 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) | Blackwell 2.0 (2025−2026) |
| GPU code name | Antigua | GB203 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Design | reference | no data |
| Release date | 19 November 2015 (9 years ago) | 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $229 | $999 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
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 cores | 2048 | 10752 |
| Compute units | 32 | no data |
| Core clock speed | no data | 2295 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 970 MHz | 2617 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,000 million | 45,600 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 190 Watt | 415 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 124.2 | 879.3 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.973 TFLOPS | 56.28 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 112 |
| TMUs | 128 | 336 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 336 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 84 |
| L1 Cache | 512 KB | 10.5 MB |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 64 MB |
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).
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Length | 221 mm | 304 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Form factor | full height / full length | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2 x 6-pin | 1x 16-pin |
| Bridgeless CrossFire | + | - |
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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR7 |
| High bandwidth memory (HBM) | - | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 970 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 182.4 GB/s | 1.02 TB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b |
| Eyefinity | + | - |
| Number of Eyefinity displays | 6 | no data |
| HDMI | + | + |
| DisplayPort support | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| CrossFire | + | - |
| FRTC | + | - |
| FreeSync | + | - |
| HD3D | + | - |
| LiquidVR | + | - |
| PowerTune | + | - |
| TrueAudio | + | - |
| ZeroCore | + | - |
| VCE | + | - |
| DDMA audio | + | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DirectX® 12 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | + | 1.4 |
| Mantle | + | - |
| CUDA | - | 12.0 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 24 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 190 Watt | 415 Watt |
R9 380X has 118.4% lower power consumption.
RTX 5080 SUPER, on the other hand, has a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 380X and GeForce RTX 5080 SUPER. We've got no test results to judge.
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