
amd
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory2816
Cores320 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 290X

amd
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory1792
Cores176 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R9 380

AMD Radeon R9 290X
Radeon R9 290X
$549 • Oct 2013
Radeon R9 380
$199 • Jun 2015
AMD Radeon R9 380

Specs Comparison
Specification | AMD Radeon R9 290X | AMD Radeon R9 380 |
---|---|---|
Memory Size | 4 GB | 2 GB |
Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
TDP | 290 W | 190 W |
Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
Boost Clock | N/A | N/A |
Memory Bandwidth | 320 GB/s | 176 GB/s |
Process Size | 28nm | 28nm |
Architecture | GCN 2.0 | GCN 3.0 |
Shading Units | 2816 | 1792 |
RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
TMUs | 176 | 112 |
ROPs | 64 | 32 |
Memory Bus | 512-bit | 256-bit |
Memory Clock | 1250 MHz | 1375 MHz |
Pixel Rate | 64 GPixel/s | 31.04 GPixel/s |
Texture Rate | 320 GTexel/s | 176 GTexel/s |
FP32 Performance | 5.632 GFLOPS | 3.476 GFLOPS |
L2 Cache | 1.00 MB | 0.50 MB |
Die Size | 438 mm² | 366 mm² |
Transistors | 6200 Million | 5000 Million |
Required PSU | 600 W | 450 W |
Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 2x 6-pin |
Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
DirectX | 12 | 12 |
Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks


3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD Radeon R9 380


Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD Radeon R9 380


GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD Radeon R9 380


PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD Radeon R9 380
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon R9 290X Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks

AMD Radeon R9 290X
AMD • 4GB GDDR5

AMD Radeon R9 380
AMD • 2GB GDDR5
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