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AMD logo Radeon R9 380X
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AMD logo Radeon HD 6870

AMD Radeon R9 380X logo AMD Radeon HD 6870 logo
General information Radeon R9 380X Radeon HD 6870
Launched Q3 2015 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 4096 MB 0 % 2048 MB 50 %
Core Clock 970 MHz 0 % 900 MHz 7.2 %
Effective Clock 8000 MHz 0 % 1159 MHz 85.5 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 190 W 0 % 151 W 20.5 %
Length 271 mm 6.2 % 289 mm 0 %
Cooling Fans 2 33.3 % 3 0 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
SLI 2-way 0 % 2-way 0 %
Performance Radeon R9 380X Radeon HD 6870
Overall Score 40052 0 % 23949 40.2 %
Future Proof 41 % 0 % 21 % 48.8 %
Benchmark Score 16041 0 % 5736 64.2 %
2D Benchmark Score 671.3 0 % 406.6 39.4 %
Average DirectX performance 48.9 FPS 0 % 21 FPS 57.1 %
DirectX 9 performance 91.4 FPS 0 % 53.2 FPS 41.9 %
DirectX 10 performance 28.8 FPS 0 % 14.9 FPS 48.2 %
DirectX 11 performance 42.6 FPS 0 % 15.9 FPS 62.7 %
DirectX 12 performance 33 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 2908.5 operations/s 0 % 1041 operations/s 64.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 380X, Radeon HD 6870.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 380X Radeon HD 6870
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 86.7 FPS 44.8 FPS
High settings 156.1 FPS 80.6 FPS
Medium settings 187.3 FPS 96.7 FPS
Low settings 262.2 FPS 135.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 48.4 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for Radeon R9 380X, Radeon HD 6870.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 380X Radeon HD 6870
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 66.4 FPS 38.8 FPS
High settings 119.6 FPS 69.9 FPS
Medium settings 143.5 FPS 83.9 FPS
Low settings 200.9 FPS 117.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 41.5 %
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