Radeon RX 7800 XT vs R9 380

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 380 and Radeon RX 7800 XT, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R9 380
2015
4 GB GDDR5, 190 Watt
15.88

RX 7800 XT outperforms R9 380 by a whopping 298% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking34030
Place by popularitynot in top-10040
Cost-effectiveness evaluation9.1968.04
Power efficiency5.7316.46
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameAntiguaNavi 32
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date18 June 2015 (9 years ago)25 August 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 $499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 7800 XT has 640% better value for money than R9 380.

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 cores17923840
Compute units28no data
Core clock speedno data1295 MHz
Boost clock speed970 MHz2430 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million28,100 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)190 Watt263 Watt
Texture fill rate108.6583.2
Floating-point processing power3.476 TFLOPS37.32 TFLOPS
ROPs3296
TMUs112240
Ray Tracing Coresno data60

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length221 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Form factorfull height / full length / dual slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2 x 6-pin2x 8-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
High bandwidth memory (HBM)-no data
Maximum RAM amount4 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed970 MHz2438 MHz
Memory bandwidth182.4 GB/s624.1 GB/s
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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1
Eyefinity+-
Number of Eyefinity displays6no data
HDMI++
DisplayPort support+-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire+-
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
LiquidVR+-
PowerTune+-
TrueAudio+-
ZeroCore+-
VCE+-
DDMA audio+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL2.02.2
Vulkan+1.3
Mantle+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R9 380 15.88
RX 7800 XT 63.15
+298%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

R9 380 6119
RX 7800 XT 24333
+298%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

R9 380 12191
RX 7800 XT 65611
+438%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

R9 380 29722
RX 7800 XT 134322
+352%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

R9 380 8218
RX 7800 XT 49707
+505%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

R9 380 50723
RX 7800 XT 202773
+300%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

R9 380 303773
RX 7800 XT 745990
+146%

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 HD65
−232%
216
+232%
1440p30−35
−307%
122
+307%
4K25
−180%
70
+180%

Cost per frame, $

1080p3.062.31
1440p6.634.09
4K7.967.13

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
−932%
258
+932%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
−394%
178
+394%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
−754%
222
+754%
Battlefield 5 50−55
−283%
190−200
+283%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
−256%
110−120
+256%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
−672%
193
+672%
Far Cry 5 35−40
−205%
110−120
+205%
Far Cry New Dawn 40−45
−251%
150−160
+251%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
−125%
230−240
+125%
Hitman 3 30−33
−313%
120−130
+313%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
−191%
230−240
+191%
Metro Exodus 50−55
−187%
150−160
+187%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
−168%
110−120
+168%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
−392%
250−260
+392%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
−85.2%
150−160
+85.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
−625%
261
+625%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
−596%
181
+596%
Battlefield 5 50−55
−283%
190−200
+283%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
−256%
110−120
+256%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
−544%
161
+544%
Far Cry 5 35−40
−205%
110−120
+205%
Far Cry New Dawn 40−45
−251%
150−160
+251%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
−125%
230−240
+125%
Hitman 3 30−33
−313%
120−130
+313%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
−191%
230−240
+191%
Metro Exodus 50−55
−187%
150−160
+187%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
−168%
110−120
+168%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
−665%
398
+665%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 100
−32%
130−140
+32%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
−85.2%
150−160
+85.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
−261%
130
+261%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
−508%
158
+508%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
−256%
110−120
+256%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
−492%
148
+492%
Far Cry 5 35−40
−205%
110−120
+205%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
−118%
222
+118%
Hitman 3 30−33
−313%
120−130
+313%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
−243%
274
+243%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
−554%
340
+554%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30
−567%
200
+567%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
−79%
145
+79%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
−168%
110−120
+168%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
−352%
140−150
+352%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−308%
95−100
+308%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
−644%
119
+644%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
−854%
124
+854%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
−335%
70−75
+335%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−1113%
97
+1113%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−306%
70−75
+306%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
−223%
270−280
+223%
Hitman 3 18−20
−374%
90−95
+374%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
−578%
217
+578%
Metro Exodus 27−30
−429%
148
+429%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
−738%
243
+738%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
−765%
147
+765%
Watch Dogs: Legion 95−100
−142%
230−240
+142%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
−304%
100−110
+304%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
−356%
70−75
+356%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
−408%
60−65
+408%
Hitman 3 12−14
−350%
50−55
+350%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
−179%
220−230
+179%
Metro Exodus 16−18
−488%
90−95
+488%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 19
−521%
118
+521%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−889%
89
+889%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
−800%
72
+800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
−463%
45−50
+463%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1367%
44
+1367%
Far Cry 5 9−10
−378%
40−45
+378%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−681%
164
+681%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
−713%
130
+713%
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
−1017%
67
+1017%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−357%
60−65
+357%

This is how R9 380 and RX 7800 XT compete in popular games:

  • RX 7800 XT is 232% faster in 1080p
  • RX 7800 XT is 307% faster in 1440p
  • RX 7800 XT is 180% faster in 4K

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

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 7800 XT is 1367% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RX 7800 XT surpassed R9 380 in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 15.88 63.15
Recency 18 June 2015 25 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 190 Watt 263 Watt

R9 380 has 38.4% lower power consumption.

RX 7800 XT, on the other hand, has a 297.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 7800 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R9 380 in performance tests.


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