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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon R9 380

92%
92%

AMD Radeon HD 6990

109%
109%
AMD Radeon HD 6990 is approximately 17% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon R9 380AMD Radeon HD 6990
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Antigua
Antilles x2
CoresDifferent
1792
1536 x2
TMUsDifferent
112
96 x2
ROPsDifferent
32
32 x2
Memory SizeDifferent
2 GB
2 GB x2
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
256 bit
256 bit x2

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 380AMD Radeon HD 6990
GPU NameDifferent
Antigua
Antilles
GPU VariantDifferent
Antigua PRO(215-0877000)
Antilles XT(215-0807027)
ArchitectureDifferent
GCN 3.0
TeraScale 3
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
28 nm
40 nm
TransistorsDifferent
5,000 million
2,640 million
DensityDifferent
13.7M / mm²
6.8M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
366 mm²
389 mm²

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 380AMD Radeon HD 6990
Release DateDifferent
Jun 18th, 2015
Mar 8th, 2011
GenerationDifferent
Pirate Islands(R9 300)
Northern Islands(HD 6900)
PredecessorDifferent
Volcanic Islands
Evergreen
SuccessorDifferent
Arctic Islands
Southern Islands
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
199 USD
699 USD
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
39 in our database
47 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 380AMD Radeon HD 6990
GPU ClockDifferent
970 MHz
830 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
1375 MHz5.5 Gbps effective
1250 MHz5 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 380AMD Radeon HD 6990
Memory Size
2 GB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Bus
256 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
176.0 GB/s
160.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 380AMD Radeon HD 6990
Shading UnitsDifferent
1792
1536
TMUsDifferent
112
96
ROPs
32
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
28
24
L1 CacheDifferent
16 KB (per CU)
8 KB (per CU)
L2 Cache
512 KB
512 KB

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 380AMD Radeon HD 6990
Pixel RateDifferent
31.04 GPixel/s
26.56 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
108.6 GTexel/s
79.68 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
3.476 TFLOPS (1:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
3.476 TFLOPS
2.550 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
217.3 GFLOPS (1:16)
637.4 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 380AMD Radeon HD 6990
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
221 mm8.7 inches
310 mm12.2 inches
HeightDifferent
111 mm4.4 inches
115 mm4.5 inches
TDPDifferent
190 W
375 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
450 W
750 W
OutputsDifferent
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
1x DVI4x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
2x 6-pin
2x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
C766
109-C20647-00
WidthDifferent
N/A
40 mm1.6 inches

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon R9 380AMD Radeon HD 6990
DirectXDifferent
12 (12_0)
11.2 (11_0)
OpenGLDifferent
4.6
4.4
OpenCLDifferent
2.1
1.2
VulkanDifferent
1.2.170
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
6.5
5.0

Comparison Summary

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