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Radeon R9 380 2G vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

The Radeon R9 380 2G uses a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 970 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1425 MHz on this particular model. It features 1792 SPUs along with 112 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

Compare that to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which features GPU clock speed of 1375 MHz, and 6144 MB of GDDR6 memory running at 1500 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2304 Stream Processors, 144 Texture Address Units, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5600 XT 160 Watts
Radeon R9 380 2G 190 Watts
Difference: 30 Watts (19%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 5600 XT should in theory be a lot better than the Radeon R9 380 2G overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT 344064 MB/sec
Radeon R9 380 2G 182400 MB/sec
Difference: 161664 (89%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT should be quite a bit (approximately 82%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R9 380 2G. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT 198000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 380 2G 108640 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 89360 (82%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5600 XT is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT 88000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 380 2G 31040 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 56960 (184%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

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Specifications

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Model Radeon R9 380 2G Radeon RX 5600 XT
Manufacturer AMD AMD
Year June 2015 January 2020
Code Name Antigua PRO Navi 10 XLE
Memory 2048 MB 6144 MB
Core Speed 970 MHz 1375 MHz
Memory Speed 5700 MHz 3000 GB/s
Power (Max TDP) 190 watts 160 watts
Bandwidth 182400 MB/sec 344064 MB/sec
Texel Rate 108640 Mtexels/sec 198000 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 31040 Mpixels/sec 88000 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 1792 2304
Texture Mapping Units 112 144
Render Output Units 32 64
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR6
Bus Width 256-bit 192-bit
Fab Process 28 nm 7 nm
Transistors 5000 million 10300 million
Bus PCIe 3.0 ×16 PCIe 4.0 ×16
DirectX Version DirectX 12.0 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.6

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.

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