GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile vs Radeon R9 M380

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Aggregated performance score

R9 M380
2015
4096 MB GDDR5
7.13

GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms Radeon R9 M380 by 420% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking509120
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN (2011−2017)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameStrato Pro GDDR5GN20-E5 GA104
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date16 June 2015 (8 years ago)4 January 2021 (3 years ago)

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 cores7685120
Core clock speed1000 MHz780 - 1100 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz1290 - 1620 MHz
Number of transistors2,080 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data125 Watt
Texture fill rate48.00287.0
Floating-point performance1,536 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon R9 M380 and GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizemedium sizedlarge
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s320.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Eyefinity1no data
HDMIno data+

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration-no data
Enduro-no data
FreeSync1no data
HD3D+no data
PowerTune+no data
DualGraphics1no data
TrueAudio+no data
ZeroCore+no data
Switchable graphics1no data

API support

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.5
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCLNot Listed2.0
Vulkanno data1.2
Mantle+no data
CUDAno data8.5

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 M380 7.13
RTX 3070 Mobile 37.09
+420%

GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms Radeon R9 M380 by 420% 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 M380 2762
RTX 3070 Mobile 14364
+420%

GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms Radeon R9 M380 by 420% in Passmark.

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 HD21−24
−457%
117
+457%
1440p14−16
−450%
77
+450%
4K9−10
−444%
49
+444%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
−982%
119
+982%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−379%
65−70
+379%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10
−911%
91
+911%
Battlefield 5 21−24
−374%
100−110
+374%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
−405%
100−110
+405%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
−873%
107
+873%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−600%
119
+600%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
−522%
112
+522%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−688%
189
+688%
Hitman 3 16−18
−771%
148
+771%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−564%
93
+564%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−731%
108
+731%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
−775%
140
+775%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−12
−709%
89
+709%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−379%
65−70
+379%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10
−744%
76
+744%
Battlefield 5 21−24
−483%
134
+483%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
−405%
100−110
+405%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
−700%
88
+700%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−571%
114
+571%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
−500%
108
+500%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−683%
188
+683%
Hitman 3 16−18
−712%
138
+712%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−500%
84
+500%
Metro Exodus 10−11
−870%
97
+870%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−408%
66
+408%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
−656%
121
+656%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−1033%
170
+1033%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−12
−582%
75
+582%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−379%
65−70
+379%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10
−656%
68
+656%
Battlefield 5 21−24
−448%
126
+448%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
−573%
74
+573%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−529%
107
+529%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
−433%
96
+433%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−596%
167
+596%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−527%
94
+527%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−12
−445%
60
+445%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
−455%
60−65
+455%
Hitman 3 10−12
−791%
98
+791%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−385%
63
+385%
Metro Exodus 5−6
−1080%
59
+1080%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−660%
38
+660%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−790%
89
+790%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−567%
40−45
+567%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−2550%
53
+2550%
Battlefield 5 8−9
−1175%
102
+1175%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1467%
47
+1467%
Far Cry 5 10−12
−727%
91
+727%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
−911%
91
+911%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−1173%
140
+1173%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−643%
50−55
+643%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−2650%
55
+2650%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−560%
30−35
+560%
Hitman 3 7−8
−429%
35−40
+429%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−113%
17
+113%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−3600%
37
+3600%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−500%
24
+500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 3−4
−1500%
48
+1500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−1500%
64
+1500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−525%
24−27
+525%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−1000%
33
+1000%
Battlefield 5 3−4
−2000%
63
+2000%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−2100%
22
+2100%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−750%
51
+750%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
−544%
58
+544%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−1229%
93
+1229%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−2600%
27
+2600%

This is how R9 M380 and RTX 3070 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3070 Mobile is 457% faster than R9 M380 in 1080p
  • RTX 3070 Mobile is 450% faster than R9 M380 in 1440p
  • RTX 3070 Mobile is 444% faster than R9 M380 in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Metro Exodus, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3070 Mobile is 3600% faster than the R9 M380.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 3070 Mobile surpassed R9 M380 in all 68 of our tests.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 7.13 37.09
Recency 16 June 2015 4 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm

The GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 M380 in performance tests.


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