RTX A2000 Max-Q vs Radeon R9 380X

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	394	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.94	no data
Power efficiency	5.93	no data
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)	Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code name	Antigua	GA107
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Design	reference	no data
Release date	19 November 2015 (10 years ago)	12 April 2021 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	no data

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	2560
Compute units	32	no data
Core clock speed	no data	682 MHz
Boost clock speed	970 MHz	1207 MHz
Number of transistors	5,000 million	8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	190 Watt	95 Watt
Texture fill rate	124.2	96.56
Floating-point processing power	3.973 TFLOPS	6.18 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	48
TMUs	128	80
Tensor Cores	no data	80
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	20
L1 Cache	512 KB	2.5 MB
L2 Cache	512 KB	2 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 4.0 x16
Length	221 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
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	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	970 MHz	1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth	182.4 GB/s	176.0 GB/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	Portable Device Dependent
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	+	1.3
Mantle	+	-
CUDA	-	8.6
DLSS	-	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	19 November 2015	12 April 2021
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	190 Watt	95 Watt

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