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    Radeon HD 8870M vs Radeon R7 M380

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon HD 8870M 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 Radeon HD 8870M stacks up against Radeon R7 M380, check out specs charts below.
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    Radeon HD 8870M and Radeon R7 M380 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Radeon HD 8870M and Radeon R7 M380 are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 HD 8870M or Radeon R7 M380 here:

    Radeon HD 8870M Laptops
    Radeon R7 M380 Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon HD 8870M Radeon R7 M380
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Memory type GDDR5, DDR3 DDR3
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
    • Radeon R7 M380 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 8870M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Radeon HD 8870M and Radeon R7 M380 are build with GCN architecture.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon R7 M380 is 190 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8870M.
    • Radeon HD 8870M and Radeon R7 M380 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 8870M is 3500 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 M380.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 7−8 6−7
    ultra / 1080p 4−5 4−5
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
    low / 720p 18−20 16−18
    medium / 1080p 9−10 8−9
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 8870M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 11% more, than Radeon R7 M380.

    Full Specs

      Radeon HD 8870M Radeon R7 M380
    Architecture GCN GCN
    Code name Venus Tropo
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 18 December 2012 7 May 2015
    Pipelines 640 640
    Core clock speed 725 MHz 915 MHz
    Boost Clock 775 MHz 915 MHz
    Transistor count 1,500 million 1,500 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 31.00 36.60
    Floating-point performance 992.0 gflops 1,171 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 1000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 32 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_1)
    Shader Model 5.1 5.1
    OpenGL 4.6 4.4
    OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
    Vulkan 1.2.131
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 107 Mh/s
    Laptop size large medium sized
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    DualGraphics +
    ZeroCore +
    Switchable graphics +
    Mantle +
    Compute units 10
    AppAcceleration +
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