FirePro V5900 vs Radeon R7 M380

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro V5900 and Radeon R7 M380, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro V5900 stacks up against Radeon R7 M380, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R7 M380 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R7 M380 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon R7 M380 here:

Main Specs

  FirePro V5900 Radeon R7 M380
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI No outputs
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  • FirePro V5900 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R7 M380 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R7 M380 has 2 GB more memory, than FirePro V5900.
  • FirePro V5900 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R7 M380 - in Laptops.
  • FirePro V5900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Radeon R7 M380 - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R7 M380 is 315 MHz higher, than FirePro V5900.
  • FirePro V5900 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 M380 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro V5900 is 1000 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 M380.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 6−7
ultra / 1080p 2−3 4−5
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 16−18
medium / 1080p 7−8 8−9
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 M380 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 28% more, than FirePro V5900.

Full Specs

  FirePro V5900 Radeon R7 M380
Architecture TeraScale 3 GCN
Code name Cayman Tropo
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 24 May 2011 7 May 2015
Pipelines 512 640
Core clock speed 600 MHz 915 MHz
Boost Clock 915 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 19.20 36.60
Floating-point performance 614.4 gflops 1,171 gflops
Length 230 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 32 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
Vulkan N/A
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
Compute units 10
AppAcceleration +
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