AMD Radeon R9 280
VS
AMD Radeon R9 380
AMD Radeon R9 280
VS
AMD Radeon R9 380

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 Radeon R9 280  vs  AMD Radeon R9 380.

237
Place in performance rating
218
no data
Value for money (0-100)
15.96
GCN 1.0
Architecture
GCN
Tahiti
Code name
Antigua
Desktop
Type
Desktop
4 March 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
26 June 2015 (6 years ago)
$279
Launch price (MSRP)
$199
$305 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
$167 (0.8x MSRP)
reference
Design
reference
10.12
Value for money
32.51
Tahiti
GPU code name
Tonga Pro
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon R9 280  vs  AMD Radeon R9 380 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.

1792
Pipelines
1792
933 MHz
Boost Clock
970 MHz
4,313 million
Transistor count
5,000 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
200 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
190 Watt
104.5
Texture fill rate
108.6
3,344 gflops
Floating-point performance
3,476 gflops
no data
Compute units
28
1792
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1792
933 MHz
Boost clock speed
970 MHz
4,313 million
Number of transistors
5,000 million
200 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
190 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD Radeon R9 380 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
275 mm
Length
221 mm
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2 x 6-pin
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
no data
Bridgeless CrossFire
1
no data
Form factor
full height / full length / dual slot

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 Radeon R9 280 vs AMD Radeon R9 380.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
3 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1250 MHz
Memory clock speed
970 MHz
240 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
182.4 GB/s
no data
Shared memory
-
no data
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 Radeon R9 280 vs AMD Radeon R9 380.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
1
Eyefinity
+
no data
Number of Eyefinity displays
6
+
HDMI
+
-
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.

-
AppAcceleration
-
1
CrossFire
1
no data
FRTC
1
1
FreeSync
1
+
HD3D
+
1
LiquidVR
1
-
PowerTune
+
1
TressFX
no data
+
TrueAudio
+
-
ZeroCore
+
no data
VCE
+
+
DDMA audio
+
-
Enduro
-
+
UVD
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD Radeon R9 380 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. 

DirectX® 12
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
+
Vulkan
+
5.1
Shader Model
6.3
1.2
OpenCL
2.0
-
Mantle
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 280 and AMD Radeon R9 380 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 Radeon R9 280 or AMD Radeon R9 380 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon R9 380
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon R9 380
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon R9 380
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon R9 380
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 280
AMD Radeon R9 380
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 Radeon R9 280

More memory bandwidth (240 GB/s vs 182.4 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 380

2.59% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($167 (0.8x MSRP) vs $305 (1.1x MSRP))

Less power consumption (190 Watt vs 200 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 3 GB)

So, AMD Radeon R9 280 or AMD Radeon R9 380?

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

AMD Radeon R9 280 versus AMD Radeon R9 380 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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303773 (100 %)

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User rating

3.5 Out of 30 Hitesti Score
4.4 Out of 76 Hitesti Score