Radeon R9 M380: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Radeon R9 M380 provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 7.19% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 4090.
Summary
AMD started Radeon R9 M380 sales 5 May 2015. This is a laptop graphics card based on a GCN 2.0 architecture and made with 28 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers. 4 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.5 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 96 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Radeon R9 M380: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | 542 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) | |
| GPU code name | Strato | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Release date | 5 May 2015 (9 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Radeon R9 M380's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon R9 M380's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 768 | of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090) |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz | of 2800 MHz (Playstation 5 Pro GPU) |
| Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Number of transistors | 2,080 million | of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V) |
| Texture fill rate | 48.00 | of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.536 TFLOPS | of 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090) |
| ROPs | 16 | of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX) |
| TMUs | 48 | of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Radeon R9 M380 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | medium sized | |
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on Radeon R9 M380: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile) |
| Memory bandwidth | 96 GB/s | of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Shared memory | - |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon R9 M380. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | |
| Eyefinity | + |
Supported technologies
Technological solutions and APIs supported by Radeon R9 M380. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| FreeSync | + | |
| HD3D | + | |
| PowerTune | + | |
| DualGraphics | + | |
| TrueAudio | + | |
| ZeroCore | + | |
| Switchable graphics | + |
API compatibility
APIs supported by Radeon R9 M380, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | DirectX® 12 | |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090) |
| OpenCL | Not Listed | |
| Mantle | + |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of Radeon R9 M380. 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.
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.
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Gaming performance
Let's see how good Radeon R9 M380 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−12 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 18−20 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 9−10 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 21−24 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 14−16 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−12 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 16−18 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 20−22 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 45−50 | |
| Hitman 3 | 14−16 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 40−45 | |
| Metro Exodus | 20−22 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 20−22 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 24−27 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 50−55 |
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 18−20 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 9−10 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 21−24 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 14−16 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−12 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 16−18 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 20−22 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 45−50 | |
| Hitman 3 | 14−16 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 40−45 | |
| Metro Exodus | 20−22 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 20−22 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 24−27 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 21−24 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 50−55 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 18−20 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 9−10 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 14−16 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−12 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 16−18 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 45−50 | |
| Hitman 3 | 14−16 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 40−45 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 24−27 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 21−24 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 50−55 |
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 20−22 |
1440p
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 14−16 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 10−12 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 7−8 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 2−3 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 7−8 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 8−9 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 24−27 | |
| Hitman 3 | 10−12 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 14−16 | |
| Metro Exodus | 8−9 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 5−6 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 45−50 |
1440p
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 12−14 |
4K
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 6−7 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 5−6 | |
| Hitman 3 | 3−4 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 21−24 | |
| Metro Exodus | 4−5 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 4−5 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 4−5 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 3−4 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 3−4 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 4−5 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 8−9 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 2−3 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 2−3 |
4K
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 7−8 |
NVIDIA equivalent
According to our data, the closest NVIDIA alternative to Radeon R9 M380 is GeForce GTX 770M, which is faster by 1% and higher by 5 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest NVIDIA rivals to Radeon R9 M380:
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