AMD Radeon R9 380X VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

amd

Brand

4GB GDDR5

Memory

2048

Cores

182.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon R9 380X

N/A Nov 2015 View Details

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nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR5X

Memory

2560

Cores

320.3 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce GTX 1080

N/A May 2016 View Details

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AMD Radeon R9 380X

4GB GDDR5 190W N/A Nov 2015

Radeon R9 380X

$229 • Nov 2015

GeForce GTX 1080

$599 • May 2016

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

8GB GDDR5X 180W N/A May 2016

Specs Comparison

Specification	AMD Radeon R9 380X	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Memory Size	4 GB	8 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR5X
TDP	190 W	180 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	N/A	1733 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	182.4 GB/s	320.3 GB/s
Process Size	28nm	16nm
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Pascal
Shading Units	2048	2560
RT Cores	N/A	N/A
TMUs	128	160
ROPs	32	64
Memory Bus	256-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	1425 MHz	1251 MHz
Pixel Rate	31.04 GPixel/s	110.9 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	182.4 GTexel/s	320.3 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	3.973 GFLOPS	8.873 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	0.50 MB	2.00 MB
Die Size	366 mm²	314 mm²
Transistors	5000 Million	7200 Million
Required PSU	450 W	450 W
Power Connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 8-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX	12	12.1
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
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

2743

AMD Radeon R9 380X

7282 (+165%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

28182

AMD Radeon R9 380X

63994 (+127%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

FPS

AMD Radeon R9 380X

89.1 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

6174

AMD Radeon R9 380X

15572 (+152%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

Game Benchmarks Comparison (252 benchmarks)

Valkyria Chronicles 4

8.5 2018 • Action, RPG, Strategy • SEGA

1080p

| high

GeForce GTX 1080 (+161%)

AVG 193 FPS

MIN 175 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce GTX 1080 (+179%)

AVG 156 FPS

MIN 142 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce GTX 1080 (+257%)

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 99 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

Winner

Loser

Pathfinder Kingmaker

8.5 2018 • Adventure, RPG • Owlcat Games

1080p

| high

GeForce GTX 1080 (+84%)

AVG 127 FPS

MIN 117 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce GTX 1080 (+157%)

AVG 118 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce GTX 1080 (+161%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Winner

Loser

Dying Light Bad Blood

7.9 2018 • Action, RPG, Early Access • Techland

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+169%)

AVG 129 FPS

MIN 106 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+144%)

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+126%)

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

Winner

Loser

Immortal Unchained

8.2 2018 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Toadman Interactive

1080p

| high

GeForce GTX 1080 (+145%)

AVG 147 FPS

MIN 132 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce GTX 1080 (+125%)

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 82 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+120%)

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

Winner

Loser

Shadows Awakening

8.3 2018 • Action, RPG • Games Farm

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+111%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 136 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+85%)

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+52%)

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

Winner

Loser

Strange Brigade

7.6 2018 • Action, Adventure • Rebellion

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+119%)

AVG 129 FPS

MIN 102 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+124%)

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1080 (+79%)

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

Radeon R9 380X

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Wins!

Based on 252 benchmarks across 84 games

Avg FPS

Radeon R9 380X

+140.9%

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1080