Radeon RX 470D vs Radeon R9 380X
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 470D |
| 70 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. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 380X |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX 470D
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 470D | | Radeon R9 380X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Ellesmere (Ellesmere LE) | vs | Antigua (Antigua XT) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | vs | 366 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,700 million | vs | 5,000 million |
| Shaders | 1792 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 28 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 926 MHz | vs | 970 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 112 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 470D | | Radeon R9 380X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective | vs | 1425 MHz
5700 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 470D | | Radeon R9 380X | |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | vs | 190 watts |
| Release Date | 21 Oct 2016 | vs | 19 Nov 2015 |
Radeon RX 470D
38.60 GP/s
Radeon R9 380X
31.04 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 470D
135.10 GT/s
Radeon R9 380X
124.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 470D
211.20 GB/s
Radeon R9 380X
182.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 470D
4322.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 380X
3973.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better