AMD Radeon R9 380X
VS
AMD Radeon E8950
AMD Radeon R9 380X
VS
AMD Radeon E8950

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 380X  vs  AMD Radeon E8950.

221
Place in performance rating
not rated
16.56
Value for money (0-100)
no data
GCN 3.0
Architecture
GCN 3.0
Antigua
Code name
Amethyst
Desktop
Type
Desktop
19 November 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
29 September 2015 (6 years ago)
$229
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$15.99 (0.1x MSRP)
Price now
no data
reference
Design
no data
18.41
Value for money
no data
Antigua
GPU code name
Amethyst
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon R9 380X  vs  AMD Radeon E8950 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.

2048
Pipelines
2048
no data
Core clock speed
735 MHz
970 MHz
Boost Clock
1000 MHz
5,000 million
Transistor count
5,000 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
190 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
95 Watt
124.2
Texture fill rate
128.0
3,973 gflops
Floating-point performance
4,096 gflops
32
Compute units
no data
2048
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
970 MHz
Boost clock speed
1000 MHz
5,000 million
Number of transistors
5,000 million
190 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
95 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon R9 380X and AMD Radeon E8950 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
221 mm
Length
no data
​2 x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
no data
1
Bridgeless CrossFire
no data
full height / full length
Form factor
no data

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 380X vs AMD Radeon E8950.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
970 MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
182.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.0 GB/s
-
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
no data

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 380X vs AMD Radeon E8950.

2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
No outputs
1
Eyefinity
no data
6
Number of Eyefinity displays
no data
+
HDMI
no data
+
DisplayPort support
no data

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

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon R9 380X and AMD Radeon E8950 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
12 (12_0)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
no data
6.3
Shader Model
no data
2.0
OpenCL
no data
+
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R9 380X and AMD Radeon E8950 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 380X or AMD Radeon E8950 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R9 380X
AMD Radeon E8950
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R9 380X
AMD Radeon E8950
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R9 380X
AMD Radeon E8950
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R9 380X
AMD Radeon E8950
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R9 380X
AMD Radeon E8950
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 380X

30.84% faster in synthetic tests

Advantages of AMD Radeon E8950

Less power consumption (95 Watt vs 190 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 4 GB)

More memory bandwidth (192.0 GB/s vs 182.4 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon R9 380X or AMD Radeon E8950?

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

AMD Radeon R9 380X versus AMD Radeon E8950 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

4.3 Out of 22 Hitesti Score
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