Radeon R9 380 vs R9 380X

Place in performance ranking	306	311
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	7.08	9.08
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2017)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	Antigua	Tonga Pro
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	reference
Release date	19 November 2015 (8 years old)	26 June 2015 (8 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$199
Current price	$11.81 (0.1x MSRP)	$12.90 (0.1x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

R9 380 has 28% better value for money than R9 380X.

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	2048	1792
Compute units	32	28
Boost clock speed	970 MHz	970 MHz
Number of transistors	5,000 million	5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	190 Watt	190 Watt
Texture fill rate	124.2	108.6
Floating-point performance	3,973 gflops	3,476 gflops

Size and 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	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	221 mm	221 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Form factor	full height / full length	full height / full length / dual slot
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 6-pin	2 x 6-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire	1	1

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.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)	-	-
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	970 MHz	970 MHz
Memory bandwidth	182.4 GB/s	182.4 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Video outputs and ports

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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity	1	+
Number of Eyefinity displays	6	6
HDMI	+	+
DisplayPort support	+	+

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	-	-
CrossFire	1	1
Enduro	-	-
FRTC	1	1
FreeSync	1	1
HD3D	+	+
LiquidVR	1	1
PowerTune	+	+
TrueAudio	+	+
ZeroCore	+	+
VCE	+	+
DDMA audio	+	+

API support

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	DirectX® 12
Shader Model	6.3	6.3
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	+	+
Mantle	+	+

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.

R9 380X 16.07
+1.1%

R9 380 15.89

R9 380X outperforms R9 380 by 1% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

R9 380X 6223
+1.1%

R9 380 6153

R9 380X outperforms R9 380 by 1% in Passmark.

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%

R9 380X 9510
+15.7%

R9 380 8218

R9 380X outperforms R9 380 by 16% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.