AMD Ellesmere
VS
AMD Radeon R9 380X
AMD Ellesmere
VS
AMD Radeon R9 380X

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Ellesmere  vs  AMD Radeon R9 380X.

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Place in performance rating
221
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Value for money (0-100)
16.56
GCN 4.0
Architecture
GCN 3.0
Ellesmere
Code name
Antigua
Desktop
Type
Desktop
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Release date
19 November 2015 (6 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$229
$49
Price now
$15.99 (0.1x MSRP)
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Design
reference
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Value for money
18.41
Ellesmere
GPU code name
Antigua
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Ellesmere  vs  AMD Radeon R9 380X in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

2304
Pipelines
2048
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Boost Clock
970 MHz
5,700 million
Transistor count
5,000 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
190 Watt
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Texture fill rate
124.2
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Floating-point performance
3,973 gflops
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Compute units
32
2304
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
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Boost clock speed
970 MHz
5,700 million
Number of transistors
5,000 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
190 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Ellesmere and AMD Radeon R9 380X come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
221 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
​2 x 6-pin
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0
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Bridgeless CrossFire
1
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Form factor
full height / full length

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Ellesmere vs AMD Radeon R9 380X.

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Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
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Memory bus width
64 Bit
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Memory clock speed
970 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
182.4 GB/s
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High bandwidth memory (HBM)
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Ellesmere vs AMD Radeon R9 380X.

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Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
1
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Number of Eyefinity displays
6
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HDMI
+
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DisplayPort support
+

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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AppAcceleration
-
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CrossFire
1
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FRTC
1
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
+
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LiquidVR
1
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PowerTune
+
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TrueAudio
+
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ZeroCore
+
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VCE
+
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DDMA audio
+
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Enduro
-

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Ellesmere and AMD Radeon R9 380X is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (12_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
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Vulkan
+
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Shader Model
6.3
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OpenCL
2.0
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Mantle
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Ellesmere and AMD Radeon R9 380X graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Ellesmere or AMD Radeon R9 380X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Ellesmere
AMD Radeon R9 380X
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Ellesmere
AMD Radeon R9 380X
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Ellesmere
AMD Radeon R9 380X
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Ellesmere
AMD Radeon R9 380X
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Ellesmere
AMD Radeon R9 380X
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Ellesmere

More pipelines (2304 vs 2048)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 380X

29.8% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($15.99 (0.1x MSRP) vs $49)

So, AMD Ellesmere or AMD Radeon R9 380X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 380X .

AMD Ellesmere versus AMD Radeon R9 380X performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

5.0 Out of 4 Hitesti Score
4.3 Out of 22 Hitesti Score