GeForce GTX 950A vs Radeon R9 380

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 950A 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 GeForce GTX 950A stacks up against Radeon R9 380, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 950A Radeon R9 380
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 190 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2 x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 380 has 153% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 950A.
  • GeForce GTX 950A is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon R9 380 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 380 has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 950A.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 950A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R9 380 - with GCN.
  • GeForce GTX 950A and Radeon R9 380 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 950A is 1032 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 380.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 35−40
ultra / 1080p 7−8 21−24
QHD / 1440p 2−3 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 24−27 60−65
medium / 1080p 14−16 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 380 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 200% more, than GeForce GTX 950A.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 950A Radeon R9 380
Architecture Maxwell GCN
Code name GM107 Tonga Pro
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 13 March 2015 26 June 2015
Pipelines 640 1792
Core clock speed 993 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz 970 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 44.96 108.6
Floating-point performance 1,271 gflops 3,476 gflops
Length 221 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz 970 MHz
Memory bandwidth 32.03 GB/s 182.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 +
CUDA 5.0
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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