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R9 380

Average Bench: 33.4% (163rd of 714)

Based on 83,027 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 6939 Models: AMD Radeon (TM) R9 380, AMD Radeon R9 300, AMD Radeon (TM) R9 380 Series (Engineering Sample - WDDM v2.0)

The AMD R9 380 succeeds the Tonga based R9 285. The only difference between the two cards is a tiny 2% GPU clock increase on the R9 380 but for the most part, the R9 380 is identical to the R9 285. We only have one sample of the R9 380 so far and comparing benchmarks between the R9 380 and R9 285 shows that the two cards are indeed very close. Unlike with several of the other AMD R9 300 series re-badges, the MSRP has actually dropped on the R9 380 to $199. This card could be a strong value contender if prices drop much below $200. [Jun '15 GPUPro]

Poor: 31%Average: 33.4% Great: 35%

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Poor average bench

The AMD R9 380 averaged 66.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 42fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 32.2fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD R9 380 is just 3.81%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the AMD R9 380 performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 45.7fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 54.8fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 83,027 samples)
Rank 16333.4%
Min Avg Max
38.7 Lighting 42 44.6
42.9 Reflection 45.7 47.7
51.1 Parallax 54.8 60.4
34.2% 47.5 fps
Min Avg Max
42.9 MRender 45.2 46.5
39.6 Gravity 42.1 43.7
30.4 Splatting 32.2 33.1
31.8% 39.8 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
MSI(1462 2015)
CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.8.3
34.9% Below average
Lighting 44.5
Reflection 46.9
Parallax 55.9
36% 49.1 fps
MRender 45.8
Gravity 42.9
Splatting 32.5
32% 40.4 fps
Sapphire(174B E308)
CLim: 1010 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.11.2
34.6% Below average
Lighting 43.9
Reflection 46.9
Parallax 55.7
36% 48.8 fps
MRender 46.1
Gravity 42.4
Splatting 32.7
32% 40.4 fps
Sapphire(174B E308)
CLim: 1010 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.5.2
34.6% Below average
Lighting 43.6
Reflection 47.3
Parallax 56.2
36% 49 fps
MRender 46.5
Gravity 43.8
Splatting 32.8
33% 41 fps
Sapphire(174B E308)
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 27.20.20913.2000
34.4% Below average
Lighting 43.2
Reflection 47.4
Parallax 56.6
35% 49.1 fps
MRender 46.1
Gravity 43.8
Splatting 33.2
33% 41 fps
Gigabyte(1458 22BB)
CLim: 990 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02
34.1% Below average
Lighting 43.1
Reflection 46.7
Parallax 56.5
35% 48.8 fps
MRender 45.3
Gravity 43.1
Splatting 32.7
32% 40.4 fps
Asus(1043 049A)
CLim: 990 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.5.2
33.3% Below average
Lighting 41.7
Reflection 18.9
Parallax 55.2
34% 38.6 fps
MRender 44.8
Gravity 42.7
Splatting 32.5
32% 40 fps
MSI(1462 2015)
CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.4.1
33.1% Below average
Lighting 41.4
Reflection 46.5
Parallax 53.8
34% 47.2 fps
MRender 45.4
Gravity 42
Splatting 32.4
32% 39.9 fps
Sapphire(174B E305) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.6.1
32.1% Below average
Lighting 40.2
Reflection 43.6
Parallax 52.5
33% 45.4 fps
MRender 42.7
Gravity 41.4
Splatting 31.4
31% 38.5 fps
Sapphire(174B E308)
CLim: 1010 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.6.1
29% Poor
Lighting 36.5
Reflection 39.5
Parallax 47.5
30% 41.2 fps
MRender 38.7
Gravity 36.5
Splatting 28.2
28% 34.5 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price (MSRP ≈ $199 @ launch in Jun '15)
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Sapphire(174B E308) 29% 34% ± 1%
Sapphire R9 380 4GB NITRO
11242-13-20G
Sapphire R9 380 2GB Dual-X OC
11242-02-20G
Sapphire R9 380 2GB Dual-X OC
11242-00-20G
MSI(1462 2015) 24% 34% ± 1%
MSI R9 380 GAMING 4GB
R9 380 GAMING 4G
Asus(1043 04E3) 11% 33% ± 1%
Asus R9 380 4GB STRIX GAMING
STRIX-R9380-DC2OC-4GD5-GAMING
AmazonUS $2885 years
XFX(1682 9380) 10% 33% ± 1%
XFX R9 380 2GB DD Edition 2DF5
R9-380P-2DF5
AmazonUS $3236 years
XFX R9 380 2GB DD Edition F22M
R9-380P-F22M
XFX R9 380 4GB DD Edition 4255
R9-380P-4255
AmazonUS $2327 years
XFX R9 380 4GB 4DF5
R9-380P-4DF5
Gigabyte(1458 22BB) 8% 33% ± 1%
Gigabyte R9 380 4GB G1
GV-R938G1 GAMING-4GD
AmazonUS $3303 years
Gigabyte R9 380 4GB G1 Windforce
GV-R938WF2-4GD
AmazonUS $2394 years
PowerColor(148C 2359) 4% 33% ± 1%
PowerColor R9 380 4GB PCS+
AXR9 380 4GBD5-PPDHE
Asus(1043 049A) 3% 34% ± 1%
Asus R9 380 2GB STRIX
STRIX-R9380-DC2OC-2GD5-GAMING
AmazonUS $2003 years
Asus(1043 04E5) 2% 32% ± 1%
Asus(1043 0498) 2% 33% ± 1%
Sapphire(174B E305) 2% 34% ± 1%
Sapphire(174B E306) 1% 33% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 2359) 1% 33% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 22B6) 1% 33% ± 1%
PwrHis(1787 200F) 1% 34% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 22C0) 1% 31% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 22B8) 0% 32% ± 1%
PowerColor(148C 9380) 0% 31% ± 0%
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Gaming 25%
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Desktop 69%
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Workstation 21%
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Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693)

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples960x
FX-6300AMD  $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples412x
FX-8320AMD  $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples264x
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R9 380AMD  $200Bench 33%, 83,027 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples87x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples85x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples59x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples140x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples47x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples34x
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 Comments

GPUPro
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1,637

Official site www.amd.com/...

Added 8 years ago.
USA-User
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9,838

Disliked (edit your comment) Add link

3 months ago.

CAN-User
Avatar level
4,960

Good

3 years ago.

decent card, but amd has a bad green screen crash problem.

RUS-User
Avatar level
4,780

Good

2 years ago.

Noisy, power hungry and horrible value.

BRA-User
Avatar level
4,637

Excellent

8 months ago.

Found one of these relatively cheap on Aliexpress relative to today's ruined GPU market. Much better value than a 1050ti for "enough to be playable" performance on 1080p at almost any game.

FRA-User
Avatar level
4,573

Good

21 months ago.

Very capable 1080p from high to ultra details settings. 7950 - r9 280 - r9 285 - r9 380 age like wine! still way better than 1050ti or rx560

VNM-User
Avatar level
3,707

Poor

3 years ago.

second hand of this very cheap (40$)

ARG-User
Avatar level
3,226

Good

10 months ago.

Powerful, doesnt heat so much, cheap, and better than a rx560 or a 1050ti, but it is noisy and power hungry.

BGR-User
Avatar level
2,882

Excellent

3 years ago.

I love my MSI R9 380 GAMING 4GB. Perfectly GPU .Very good a price,high quality, low temperature and low noise. At the moment is ok and in 2019 new games is great for 1080p - let's shatter that GTX 770

BEL-User
Avatar level
2,534

Excellent

3 years ago.

Amazing performacen and a very low price

LTU-User
Avatar level
2,308

Good

2 years ago.

Great value GPU, the only downfall is that the Gigabyte G1 model has very aggressive power saving which might interfere with keeping 3D clocks at or above base clock.

GPUPro
Avatar level
1,637

Very good

8 years ago.

kireo82
Avatar level
562

Excellent

5 years ago.

I love my AMD MSI R9 380 4G GAMING OC let's break the GTX 770!!!

RavenBailiff
Avatar level
314

Average

4 years ago.

Ok in 2015

MitchCactus
Avatar level
158

Terrible

6 years ago.

amd is inferior

Tempo
Avatar level
10

Outstanding

8 years ago.

Outstanding

GAZKV
Avatar level
10

Excellent

8 years ago.

Exellent performance per dollar, above GTX 960, i use this GPU on Battlefront at Ultra and i got more than 50 FPS. perfect for 1080p budget pc.

Uxio121
Avatar level
10

Good

6 years ago.

The R9 380 is a very good graphics better than the 1050TI even being 2 years older, it is a little obsolete today with modern games but generally good.

somangee
Avatar level
8

Good

7 years ago.

Never gave me trouble in all my time having it. A good mid-range gpu for its time. Now outdated and not worth purchasing compared to newer models.

iamjohngalt
Avatar level
8

Terrible

6 years ago.

Drivers on this trash gpu still don't play x265 video properly consistently, (on ANY of 5 video players using Win7) while the much lower rated GTX 750 does so perfectly on all players tested.

PoloRosa97
Avatar level
6

Outstanding

8 years ago.

Excellent card. Gains a lot of performance trough overclocking. And the temperatures and power consumption don't go up all that much by OCing

RaphsesII
Avatar level
6

Excellent

8 years ago.

A solid performer, good value for the price and furthermore if on sale!

kaipmek
Avatar level
4

Excellent

5 years ago.

replaced an old GTX460 three years ago, it was a second hand @180€, so excellent ratio perf/price, and silent.

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