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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

ATI Radeon HD 5850

49%
49%

AMD Radeon R9 380

202%
202%
AMD Radeon R9 380 is approximately 153% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationATI Radeon HD 5850AMD Radeon R9 380
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Cypress
Antigua
CoresDifferent
1440
1792
TMUsDifferent
72
112
ROPs
32
32
Memory SizeDifferent
1024 MB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Bus Width
256 bit
256 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5850AMD Radeon R9 380
GPU NameDifferent
Cypress
Antigua
GPU VariantDifferent
Cypress PRO(215-0735043)
Antigua PRO(215-0877000)
ArchitectureDifferent
TeraScale 2
GCN 3.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
40 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
2,154 million
5,000 million
DensityDifferent
6.4M / mm²
13.7M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
334 mm²
366 mm²

Graphics Card

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5850AMD Radeon R9 380
Release DateDifferent
Sep 30th, 2009
Jun 18th, 2015
GenerationDifferent
Evergreen(HD 5800)
Pirate Islands(R9 300)
PredecessorDifferent
Radeon R700
Volcanic Islands
SuccessorDifferent
Northern Islands
Arctic Islands
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
299 USD
199 USD
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
101 in our database
39 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5850AMD Radeon R9 380
GPU ClockDifferent
725 MHz
970 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
1000 MHz4 Gbps effective
1375 MHz5.5 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5850AMD Radeon R9 380
Memory SizeDifferent
1024 MB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Memory Bus
256 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
128.0 GB/s
176.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5850AMD Radeon R9 380
Shading UnitsDifferent
1440
1792
TMUsDifferent
72
112
ROPs
32
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
18
28
L1 CacheDifferent
8 KB (per CU)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 Cache
512 KB
512 KB

Theoretical Performance

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5850AMD Radeon R9 380
Pixel RateDifferent
23.20 GPixel/s
31.04 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
52.20 GTexel/s
108.6 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
2.088 TFLOPS
3.476 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
417.6 GFLOPS (1:5)
217.3 GFLOPS (1:16)
FP16 (half)Different
N/A
3.476 TFLOPS (1:1)

Board Design

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5850AMD Radeon R9 380
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
241 mm9.5 inches
221 mm8.7 inches
Height
111 mm4.4 inches
111 mm4.4 inches
WidthDifferent
37 mm1.5 inches
N/A
TDPDifferent
151 W
190 W
Suggested PSU
450 W
450 W
OutputsDifferent
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.3a1x DisplayPort 1.1
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power Connectors
2x 6-pin
2x 6-pin
Board NumberDifferent
109-C00237-00
C766

Graphics Features

FeatureATI Radeon HD 5850AMD Radeon R9 380
DirectXDifferent
11.2 (11_0)
12 (12_0)
OpenGLDifferent
4.4
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
1.2
2.1
VulkanDifferent
N/A
1.2.170
Shader ModelDifferent
5.0
6.5

Comparison Summary

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