FireStream 9270 vs Radeon R9 380

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FireStream 9270 and Radeon R9 380, 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 FireStream 9270 stacks up against Radeon R9 380, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  FireStream 9270 Radeon R9 380
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 190 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 2 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 380 has 18% more power consumption, than FireStream 9270.
  • FireStream 9270 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R9 380 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 380 has 2 GB more memory, than FireStream 9270.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FireStream 9270 is build with TeraScale architecture, and Radeon R9 380 - with GCN.
  • FireStream 9270 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 380 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FireStream 9270 is 2630 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 380.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 5−6 35−40
ultra / 1080p 2−3 21−24
QHD / 1440p 2−3 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 14−16 60−65
medium / 1080p 7−8 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 380 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 500% more, than FireStream 9270.

Full Specs

  FireStream 9270 Radeon R9 380
Architecture TeraScale GCN
Code name RV770 Tonga Pro
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 13 November 2008 26 June 2015
Pipelines 800 1792
Core clock speed 750 MHz
Boost Clock 970 MHz
Transistor count 956 million 5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 30.00 108.6
Floating-point performance 1,200.0 gflops 3,476 gflops
Length 221 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz 970 MHz
Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 182.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 4.1 6.3
OpenGL 3.3 4.5
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.48 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 404 Mh/s
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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