Graphics card comparison
Radeon RX 470D vs Radeon R9 380X
AMD
Radeon RX 470D
4096 Mb GDDR5
Released 21 Oct 2016
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VS
AMD
Radeon R9 380X
4096 Mb GDDR5
Released 19 Nov 2015
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Summary
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 470D
- 70 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 380X .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon R9 380X
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 RX 470D
Based on theoretical specifications.
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon RX 470D | Radeon R9 380X |
|---|
| GPU Name | Ellesmere (Ellesmere LE) | Antigua (Antigua XT) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 366 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,700 million | 5,000 million |
| Shaders | 1792 | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 28 | 32 |
| Core clock | 926 MHz | 970 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 112 | 128 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon RX 470D | Radeon R9 380X |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective | 1425 MHz
5700 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 470D | Radeon R9 380X |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | 190 watts |
| Release Date | 21 Oct 2016 | 19 Nov 2015 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon RX 470D38.60 GP/s
- Radeon R9 380X31.04 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon RX 470D135.10 GT/s
- Radeon R9 380X124.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon RX 470D211.20 GB/s
- Radeon R9 380X182.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon RX 470D4322.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 380X3973.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better