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

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Ellesmere and AMD Radeon R9 380X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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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

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Ellesmere and AMD Radeon R9 380X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Ellesmere and AMD Radeon R9 380X.

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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 card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Ellesmere and AMD Radeon R9 380X can be seen in this section.

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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

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Ellesmere and AMD Radeon R9 380X, the size and number of monitors.

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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

The difference between AMD Ellesmere and AMD Radeon R9 380X is the additional functionality.

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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 difference in supported APIs is AMD Ellesmere and AMD Radeon R9 380X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and 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 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get 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

User rating

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