RTX A2000 vs Radeon R9 380X

Place in the ranking	329	136
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	7.97	85.81
Power efficiency	5.84	35.21
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Antigua	GA106
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Design	reference	no data
Release date	19 November 2015 (8 years ago)	10 August 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX A2000 has 977% better value for money than R9 380X.

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	3328
Compute units	32	no data
Core clock speed	no data	562 MHz
Boost clock speed	970 MHz	1200 MHz
Number of transistors	5,000 million	12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	190 Watt	70 Watt
Texture fill rate	124.2	124.8
Floating-point processing power	3.973 TFLOPS	7.987 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	48
TMUs	128	104
Tensor Cores	no data	104
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	26

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 4.0 x16
Length	221 mm	167 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Form factor	full height / full length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 6-pin	None
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	GDDR6
High bandwidth memory (HBM)	-	no data
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	970 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	182.4 GB/s	288.0 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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
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 compatibility

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	+	1.3
Mantle	+	-
CUDA	-	8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

R9 380X 16.03

RTX A2000 35.59
+122%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

R9 380X 6187

RTX A2000 13732
+122%

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.

R9 380X 9510

RTX A2000 14934
+57%

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	40−45 −140%	96 +140%
1440p	18−21 −156%	46 +156%
4K	12−14 −142%	29 +142%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	5.73	4.68
1440p	12.72	9.76
4K	19.08	15.48

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	16.03	35.59
Recency	19 November 2015	10 August 2021
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	190 Watt	70 Watt

RTX A2000 has a 122% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 171.4% lower power consumption.

The RTX A2000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 380X in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R9 380X is a desktop card while RTX A2000 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.