Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) vs R7 M380

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 M380 and Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge), covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R7 M380
2015
4 GB DDR3
4.32
+77.8%

R7 M380 outperforms R5 (Bristol Ridge) by an impressive 78% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking669832
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data3.90
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)GCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)
GPU code nameTropoBristol Ridge
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date5 May 2015 (9 years ago)1 June 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores640384
Compute units10no data
Core clock speed900 MHzno data
Boost clock speed915 MHz800 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million3100 Million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data12-45 Watt
Texture fill rate36.60no data
Floating-point processing power1.171 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no data
TMUs40no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizemedium sizedmedium sized
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth32 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsno data
Eyefinity+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration+-
FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
PowerTune+-
DualGraphics+-
ZeroCore+-
Switchable graphics+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.4no data
OpenCLNot Listedno data
Mantle+-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD18−20
+63.6%
11
−63.6%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Battlefield 5 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+125%
4
−125%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
+100%
6−7
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+136%
10−12
−136%
Hitman 3 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+45%
20−22
−45%
Metro Exodus 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
+57.1%
7
−57.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
+45.5%
10−12
−45.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+18.9%
35−40
−18.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Battlefield 5 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
+100%
6−7
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+136%
10−12
−136%
Hitman 3 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+45%
20−22
−45%
Metro Exodus 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
+45.5%
10−12
−45.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+23.1%
13
−23.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+18.9%
35−40
−18.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+136%
10−12
−136%
Hitman 3 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+45%
20−22
−45%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
+45.5%
10−12
−45.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+23.1%
12−14
−23.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+18.9%
35−40
−18.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Hitman 3 9−10
+28.6%
7−8
−28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Metro Exodus 1−2 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
+92.9%
14−16
−92.9%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Hitman 3 0−1 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Metro Exodus 1−2 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%

This is how R7 M380 and R5 (Bristol Ridge) compete in popular games:

  • R7 M380 is 64% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the R7 M380 is 800% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, R7 M380 surpassed R5 (Bristol Ridge) in all 56 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.32 2.43
Recency 5 May 2015 1 June 2016

R7 M380 has a 77.8% higher aggregate performance score.

R5 (Bristol Ridge), on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.

The Radeon R7 M380 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) in performance tests.


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