Graphics card comparison
Radeon HD 7950 vs Radeon R9 380
AMD
Radeon HD 7950
3072 Mb GDDR5
Released 31 Jan 2012
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VS
AMD
Radeon R9 380
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 18 Jun 2015
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- Radeon HD 7950100%
- Radeon R9 380134%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- Radeon HD 7950100%
- Radeon R9 380109%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 7950
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Mantle
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon R9 380
- 9% higher gaming performance.
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports TrueAudio
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the Radeon R9 380
The Radeon R9 380 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon HD 7950 | Radeon R9 380 |
|---|
| GPU Name | Tahiti (Tahiti PRO) | Antigua (Antigua PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | 366 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,313 million | 5,000 million |
| Shaders | 1792 | 1792 |
| Compute Units | 28 | 28 |
| Core clock | 800 MHz | 970 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 112 | 112 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon HD 7950 | Radeon R9 380 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 7950 | Radeon R9 380 |
|---|
| TDP | 200 watts | 190 watts |
| Release Date | 31 Jan 2012 | 18 Jun 2015 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon HD 795025.60 GP/s
- Radeon R9 38031.04 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon HD 795089.60 GT/s
- Radeon R9 380108.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon HD 7950240.00 GB/s
- Radeon R9 380176.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon HD 79502867.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 3803476.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- Radeon HD 79509130
- Radeon R9 38012280
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Battlefield Hardline
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
- Radeon HD 795034
- Radeon R9 38035
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- Radeon HD 795049
- Radeon R9 38054
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- Radeon HD 795035
- Radeon R9 38040
FPS (higher is better)