Playstation 4 Pro GPU vs Radeon R9 380X

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking335not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.16no data
Power efficiency5.79no data
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameAntiguaNeo
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date19 November 2015 (9 years ago)10 November 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229 $399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores20482304
Compute units32no data
Core clock speedno data911 MHz
Boost clock speed970 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,000 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)190 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate124.2131.2
Floating-point processing power3.973 TFLOPS4.198 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs128144

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 x16IGP
Length221 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors​2 x 6-pinNone
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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)-no data
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed970 MHz1700 MHz
Memory bandwidth182.4 GB/s217.6 GB/s

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 DisplayPortNo outputs
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® 12N/A
Shader Model6.36.0
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan+1.1
Mantle+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 November 2015 10 November 2016
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 190 Watt 150 Watt

Playstation 4 Pro GPU has an age advantage of 11 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 26.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 380X and Playstation 4 Pro GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 380X is a desktop card while Playstation 4 Pro GPU is a notebook one.


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