AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M380
AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M380

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R6 M255DX and AMD Radeon R9 M380. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

822
Place in performance rating
378
GCN
Architecture
GCN
Jet
Code name
Strato
Laptop
Type
Laptop
4 June 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
16 June 2015 (6 years ago)
Jet UL(T) DDR3
GPU code name
Strato Pro GDDR5
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R6 M255DX and AMD Radeon R9 M380 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

320
Pipelines
768
855 / 514 MHz
Core clock speed
1000 MHz
855 MHz
Boost Clock
1000 MHz
690 million
Transistor count
2,080 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
17.10
Texture fill rate
48.00
no data
Floating-point performance
1,536 gflops
576
Pipelines / CUDA cores
768
940 MHz
Boost clock speed
1000 MHz
690 million
Number of transistors
2,080 million

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R6 M255DX and AMD Radeon R9 M380.

IGP
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
medium sized
Laptop size
medium sized
no data
Bus support
PCIe 3.0

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 Radeon R6 M255DX and AMD Radeon R9 M380 can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
no data
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
no data
Memory bus width
128 Bit
no data
Memory clock speed
1500 MHz
no data
Memory bandwidth
96 GB/s
+
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R6 M255DX and AMD Radeon R9 M380, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
Eyefinity
1

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R6 M255DX and AMD Radeon R9 M380 is the additional functionality.

+
AppAcceleration
-
no data
FreeSync
1
no data
HD3D
+
no data
PowerTune
+
no data
TrueAudio
+
no data
ZeroCore
+
+
Enduro
-
no data
DualGraphics
1
no data
Switchable graphics
1
no data
DirectCompute 5.0
+
+
PowerPlay
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R6 M255DX and AMD Radeon R9 M380. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_1)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
1.2.131
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
6.3
1.2
OpenCL
Not Listed
no data
Mantle
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R6 M255DX and AMD Radeon R9 M380 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 R6 M255DX or AMD Radeon R9 M380 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
AMD Radeon R9 M380
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
AMD Radeon R9 M380
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
AMD Radeon R9 M380
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
AMD Radeon R9 M380
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R6 M255DX
AMD Radeon R9 M380
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 Radeon R6 M255DX

There is no accountable advantage

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 M380

11.48% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (768 vs 320)

So, AMD Radeon R6 M255DX or AMD Radeon R9 M380?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 M380 .

AMD Radeon R6 M255DX versus AMD Radeon R9 M380 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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