Radeon R9 380 vs Radeon RX 560

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon R9 380 and Radeon RX 560, 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 R9 380 stacks up against Radeon RX 560, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Radeon R9 380 Radeon RX 560
Power consumption (TDP) 190 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 2 x 6-pin None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 380 has 153% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 560.
  • Radeon R9 380 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX 560 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon R9 380 and Radeon RX 560 have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Radeon R9 380 is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon RX 560 - with GCN 4.0.
  • Radeon R9 380 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 560 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Radeon R9 380 is 51 mm longer, than Radeon RX 560.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 560 is 6030 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 380.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 18−20
ultra / 1080p 21−24 10−12
QHD / 1440p 16−18 5−6
4K / 2160p 10−11 4−5
low / 720p 60−65 35−40
medium / 1080p 40−45 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 380 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Radeon RX 560.

Full Specs

  Radeon R9 380 Radeon RX 560
Architecture GCN GCN 4.0
Code name Tonga Pro Polaris 21
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 26 June 2015 18 April 2017
Pipelines 1792 1024
Core clock speed 1175 MHz
Boost Clock 970 MHz 1275 MHz
Transistor count 5,000 million 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 108.6 81.60
Floating-point performance 3,476 gflops 2,611 gflops
Length 221 mm 170 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 970 MHz 7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 182.4 GB/s 112.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 6.3 6.4
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
Vulkan + 1.2.131
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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