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    Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge vs Radeon R9 380

    When choosing between Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge and Radeon R9 380, it is worth examining the specifications of the models in detail. Do they meet the recommended requirements of modern games and software? Storage capacity, form factor, TDP, available ports, warranty and manufacturer support are all important. For example, the size of a PC case can limit the maximum thickness and length of the card. Often, instead of the factory overclocked card and RGB backlight, it is better to choose a reference model with a more efficient GPU. And make sure that your current power supply unit has the correct connection pins (using adapters is not recommended). This GPUs compare tool is meant to help you to choose the best graphics card for your build. Let's find out the difference between Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge and Radeon R9 380.
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    Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge 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 R5 Bristol Ridge here:

    Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge Radeon R9 380
    Power consumption (TDP) 12-45 Watt 190 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 2 x 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
    Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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    • Radeon R9 380 has 1483% more power consumption, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.
    • Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge is used in Laptops, and Radeon R9 380 - in Desktops.
    • Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge is build with GCN 1.2/2.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 380 - with GCN.
    • Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge and Radeon R9 380 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 3−4 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 1−2 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 14−16 60−65
    medium / 1080p 5−6 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 380 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 583% more, than Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge.

    Full Specs

      Radeon R5 Bristol Ridge Radeon R9 380
    Architecture GCN 1.2/2.0 GCN
    Code name Bristol Ridge Tonga Pro
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 1 June 2016 26 June 2015
    Pipelines 384 1792
    Boost Clock 800 MHz 970 MHz
    Transistor count 3100 Million 5,000 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 108.6
    Floating-point performance 3,476 gflops
    Length 221 mm
    Memory bus width 64/128 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 970 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 182.4 GB/s
    Shared memory + -
    DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
    Shader Model 6.3
    OpenGL 4.5
    OpenCL 2.0
    Vulkan +
    Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.48 kh/s
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 404 Mh/s
    Laptop size medium sized
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    PowerTune +
    TrueAudio +
    ZeroCore +
    Mantle +
    Design reference
    Bridgeless CrossFire +
    Number of Eyefinity displays 6
    DisplayPort support +
    CrossFire +
    VCE +
    DDMA audio +
    Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.66 Gh/s
    Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 18 Mh/s
    Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 168.45 Sol/s
    Compute units 28
    Form factor full height / full length / dual slot
    High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
    LiquidVR +
    FRTC +
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