Radeon RX 560 vs Radeon R9 380X

Radeon RX 560
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 1 Apr 2017
Radeon RX 560
Radeon R9 380X
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 19 Nov 2015
Radeon R9 380X

Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 560

115 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 380X .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports TrueAudio
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon R9 380X

Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports TrueAudio
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon R9 380X

HWBench recommends Radeon R9 380X

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 560Radeon R9 380X
GPU NameBaffin (Baffin XT)vsAntigua (Antigua XT)
Fab Process14 nmvs28 nm
Die Size123 mm²vs366 mm²
Transistors3,000 millionvs5,000 million
Shaders1024vs2048
Compute Units16vs32
Core clock1090 MHzvs970 MHz
ROPs16vs32
TMUs64vs128

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 560Radeon R9 380X
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective
vs1425 MHz
5700 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 560Radeon R9 380X
TDP75 wattsvs190 watts
Release Date1 Apr 2017vs19 Nov 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 560
    19.20 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 380X
    31.04 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 560
    76.80 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 380X
    124.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 560
    112.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 380X
    182.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 560
    2457.60 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 380X
    3973.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better