Radeon R7 M380 vs Radeon RX 570

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Radeon R7 M380 and Radeon RX 570, 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 R7 M380 stacks up against Radeon RX 570, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R7 M380 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R7 M380 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 R7 M380 here:

Main Specs

  Radeon R7 M380 Radeon RX 570
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon RX 570 has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon R7 M380.
  • Radeon R7 M380 is used in Laptops, and Radeon RX 570 - in Desktops.
  • Radeon R7 M380 is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon RX 570 - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 570 is 253 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 M380.
  • Radeon R7 M380 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 570 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 570 is 6000 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 M380.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 35−40
ultra / 1080p 4−5 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 16−18 60−65
medium / 1080p 8−9 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 570 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 355% more, than Radeon R7 M380.

Full Specs

  Radeon R7 M380 Radeon RX 570
Architecture GCN Polaris
Code name Tropo Polaris 20 Ellesmere
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 7 May 2015 18 April 2017
Pipelines 640 2048
Core clock speed 915 MHz 1168 MHz
Boost Clock 915 MHz 1244 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 36.60 159.2
Floating-point performance 1,171 gflops 5,095 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 32 GB/s 224.0 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL Not Listed 2.0
Vulkan +
FreeSync + +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Laptop size medium sized
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
Compute units 10
AppAcceleration +
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