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Graphics card overview

Radeon R9 380

AMD

Radeon R9 380

2048 Mb GDDR5 Released 18 Jun 2015 DESKTOP
Radeon R9 380

Core configuration

GPUAntigua
ArchitectureAMD_GCN_1_2
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs1792 : 112 : 32
Raytracing Coresnone
Performance3476.00 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size2048 Mb
Memory Bus Width256 bit
Memory Speed1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth176.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon R9 380 is a graphics card released by AMD on 18 Jun 2015. The graphics card houses the Antigua die, based on the AMD_GCN_1_2 architecture which packs 5,000 million transistors on a 28 nm, 366 mm² die.

Radeon R9 380 pros and cons

  • 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  • Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Specifications

Compared to similar performing cards
Radeon R9 380 Radeon R9 380 GeForce GTX 950 GeForce GTX 950 Compare Radeon R9 285 Radeon R9 285 Compare Radeon R9 280X Radeon R9 280X Compare
Shader units 1792 768 1792 2048
ROPs 32 32 32 32
Graphics processor Antigua GM206 Tonga Tahiti
Process size 28 nm 28 nm 28 nm 28 nm
Memory 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective)		 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1653 MHz
6612 MHz effective)		 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective)		 3072 Mb GDDR5 (1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective)
Memory bus width 256 bit 128 bit 256 bit 384 bit
Memory bandwidth 176.00 Gb/s 105.80 Gb/s 176.00 Gb/s 288.00 Gb/s
Release date 18 Jun 2015 20 Aug 2015 2 Sep 2014 8 Oct 2013

Benchmarks

Sniper Elite 4

  • Radeon R9 380 46
  • Radeon R9 280X 42

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite 4

  • Radeon R9 280X 32
  • Radeon R9 380 31

FPS (higher is better)

Sniper Elite 4

  • Radeon R9 280X 22
  • Radeon R9 380 21

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

  • Radeon R9 380 42
  • Radeon R9 285 42
  • GeForce GTX 950 28

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

  • Radeon R9 380 32
  • Radeon R9 285 31
  • GeForce GTX 950 19

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

  • Radeon R9 380 12
  • Radeon R9 285 11
  • GeForce GTX 950 5

FPS (higher is better)

Ashes Of The Singularity

  • GeForce GTX 950 14
  • Radeon R9 380 7

FPS (higher is better)