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AMD Radeon R9 M390X vs AMD Radeon R9 M380 vs AMD Radeon R9 M375

AMD Radeon R9 M390X

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The AMD Radeon R9 M390X is a mobile high-end graphics card for laptops. It is most likely based on the same chip as the AMD Radeon R9 M295X in the iMac 5K Late 2014. That means it should be based on the third generation of GCN (desktop Tonga chip). The amount of shader cores is identical but the core clock is reduced by 15% (from 850 MHz to 723 MHz) and the memory is also clocked slower (5448 MHz vs 5000 MHz).

The performance should be a bit below the M295X. Compared to the competition, the R9-M390X should be positioned somewhere between the GeForce GTX 965M and 970M and therefore suitable for high-end games in 1080p resolution and high detail settings.

The card was first mentioned by Alienware on their twitter account and should feature 4GB VRAM according to the tweet.

The power consumption should be rated around 100 Watt TDP and therefore suited only for large and bulky laptops (like the Alienware M17x it was announced in).

AMD Radeon R9 M380

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The AMD Radeon R9 M380 is a dedicated mid-range graphics card for laptops. It is based on a 28nm GCN core with 12 compute units and a GDDR5 memory controller. Despite the similar name, the Radeon R7 M380 is a much slower as it features only 10 compute units and DDR3 memory.

Features

Features of the R9-M380 include video decoding for MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, and Flash directly by the AMD GPU. Multi-View Codec (MVC) and MPEG-4 part 2 (DivX, xVid) HD videos are compatible as well.

The R9 series also supports automatic graphics switching between the integrated GPU and discrete GPU. Called Enduro, the technology supersedes AMD's Dynamic Switchable Graphics and is similar to Nvidia's Optimus. Furthermore, the M380 can directly support multiple monitors using Eyefinity Technology if Enduro is disabled.

Other features include ZeroCore to reduce the power consumption when the display is turned off and Power Gating to power down areas of the chip that are not used. 

The integrated HD audio processor is able to transmit HD Audio (TrueHD or DTS Master Audio) over HDMI and DisplayPort (e.g., for Blu-Ray videos). Additionally, it allows audio output simultaneously and in parallel to multiple devices with the new Discrete Digital Multipoint Audio (DDMA) feature.

AMD Radeon R9 M375

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The AMD Radeon R9 M375 is a dedicated higher mid-range graphics card for laptops. It is still unclear if the M375 is based on a new chip (Tonga derivative with full DirectX 12 and Vulkan support) or the old Cape Verde chip from 2012. The core is clocked at relatively high 1015 MHz, however, the bottleneck may be the use of slow DDR3 graphics memory (128-bit).

Performance

If slow DDR3 graphics memory is used, the performance should be somewhere close to a Radeon R9 M270 (see for gaming benchmarks). Therefore, demanding games are running in low to medium details.

The 640 shaders can be used with OpenCL 1.2 for general-purpose calculations (as 10 compute units).

Features

Features of the R9-M375 include video decoding for MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, and Flash directly by the AMD GPU. Multi-View Codec (MVC) and MPEG-4 part 2 (DivX, xVid) HD videos are compatible as well.

The R9 series also supports automatic graphics switching between the integrated GPU and discrete GPU. Called Enduro, the technology supersedes AMD's Dynamic Switchable Graphics and is similar to Nvidia's Optimus. Furthermore, the M375 can directly support multiple monitors using Eyefinity Technology if Enduro is disabled.

Other features include ZeroCore to reduce the power consumption when the display is turned off and Power Gating to power down areas of the chip that are not used. 

The integrated HD audio processor is able to transmit HD Audio (TrueHD or DTS Master Audio) over HDMI and DisplayPort (e.g., for Blu-Ray videos). Additionally, it allows audio output simultaneously and in parallel to multiple devices with the new Discrete Digital Multipoint Audio (DDMA) feature.

AMD Radeon R9 M390XAMD Radeon R9 M380AMD Radeon R9 M375
Radeon R9 M300 Series
Radeon R9 M395X 2048 @ 0.91 GHz256 Bit @ 5460 MHz
Radeon R9 M390X 2048 @ 0.72 GHz256 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Radeon R9 M395 1792 @ 0.83 GHz256 Bit @ 5460 MHz
Radeon R9 M390 1024 @ 0.96 GHz256 Bit @ 5460 MHz
Radeon R9 M385X 896 @ 1.1 GHz128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon R9 M385128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon R9 M380 768 @ 1 GHz128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon R9 M370X 640 @ 0.8 GHz128 Bit @ 4500 MHz
Radeon R9 M365X 640 @ 0.9 - 0.93 GHz128 Bit @ 4500 MHz
Radeon R9 M375 640 @ 1.02 GHz128 Bit @ 2200 MHz
Radeon R9 M395X 2048 @ 0.91 GHz256 Bit @ 5460 MHz
Radeon R9 M390X 2048 @ 0.72 GHz256 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Radeon R9 M395 1792 @ 0.83 GHz256 Bit @ 5460 MHz
Radeon R9 M390 1024 @ 0.96 GHz256 Bit @ 5460 MHz
Radeon R9 M385X 896 @ 1.1 GHz128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon R9 M385128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon R9 M380 768 @ 1 GHz128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon R9 M370X 640 @ 0.8 GHz128 Bit @ 4500 MHz
Radeon R9 M365X 640 @ 0.9 - 0.93 GHz128 Bit @ 4500 MHz
Radeon R9 M375 640 @ 1.02 GHz128 Bit @ 2200 MHz
Radeon R9 M395X 2048 @ 0.91 GHz256 Bit @ 5460 MHz
Radeon R9 M390X 2048 @ 0.72 GHz256 Bit @ 5000 MHz
Radeon R9 M395 1792 @ 0.83 GHz256 Bit @ 5460 MHz
Radeon R9 M390 1024 @ 0.96 GHz256 Bit @ 5460 MHz
Radeon R9 M385X 896 @ 1.1 GHz128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon R9 M385128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon R9 M380 768 @ 1 GHz128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
Radeon R9 M370X 640 @ 0.8 GHz128 Bit @ 4500 MHz
Radeon R9 M365X 640 @ 0.9 - 0.93 GHz128 Bit @ 4500 MHz
Radeon R9 M375 640 @ 1.02 GHz128 Bit @ 2200 MHz
CodenameAmethyst (XT) / TongaStrato Pro GDDR5
ArchitectureGCN 3GCNGCN
Pipelines2048 - unified768 - unified640 - unified
Core Speed723 (Boost) MHz1000 MHz1015 MHz
Memory Speed5000 MHz6000 MHz2200 MHz
Memory Bus Width256 Bit128 Bit128 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5DDR3
Max. Amount of Memory4 GB4 GB4 GB
Shared Memorynonono
APIDirectX 12 (FL 12_0), Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.3 / VulkanDirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.3DirectX 12 (FL 11_1), OpenGL 4.3
Power Consumption125 Watt
Transistors5 Billion1.5 Billion
technology28 nm28 nm28 nm
FeaturesDirectX 12, OpenCL 1.2, OpenGL 4.3, Vulkan, MantleDirectCompute 5.0, OpenCLDirectX 12 (FL 11_1), Mantle, OpenGL 4.3, OpenCL 1.2, Vulkan?, PowerTune, Enduro, App Acceleration
Notebook Sizelargemedium sizedmedium sized
Date of Announcement09.06.2015 16.06.2015 07.05.2015
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.amd.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
5932 Points (6%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
8466 Points (2%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
1514 Points (3%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
1667 Points (2%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
9082 Points (13%)
3269 Points (5%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
9448 Points (8%)
3314 Points (3%)
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + AMD Radeon R9 M375
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
8275 Points (2%)
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + AMD Radeon R9 M375
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
8042 Points (5%)
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + AMD Radeon R9 M375
3DMark 06
11543 Points (15%)
Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high
27.9 fps (5%)
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + AMD Radeon R9 M375
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
6544 Points (5%)
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD Radeon R9 M375
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
38.7 fps (13%)
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + AMD Radeon R9 M375
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
45.5 fps (3%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + AMD Radeon R9 M375
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
98 % (98%)
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
42.3 fps (2%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
468 Samples/s (2%)
LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
931 Samples/s (2%)
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
657 Points (1%)

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Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

F1 2018

F1 2018

2018
low 1280x720
Radeon R9 M375:
30  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
20  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
16  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
12  fps
low 1280x720
Radeon R9 M375:
40.3  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
16.5  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
14.9  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
13.8  fps
Far Cry 5

Far Cry 5

2018
low 1280x720
Radeon R9 M375:
30  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
15  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
13  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
12  fps
Fortnite

Fortnite

2018
low 1280x720
Radeon R9 M375:
45.5  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
22.1  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
15.5  fps
low 1280x720
Radeon R9 M375:
24  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
13  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
12  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
10  fps
Destiny 2

Destiny 2

2017
low 1280x720
Radeon R9 M375:
36.4  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
20.2  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
18  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
16.3  fps
FIFA 18

FIFA 18

2017
low 1280x720
Radeon R9 M375:
108.5  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
79.7  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
61.2  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
58.2  fps
low 1280x720
Radeon R9 M375:
39  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
16.7  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
15.5  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
13.3  fps
low 1280x720
Radeon R9 M375:
62  fps
med. 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
58.4  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
54.8  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
34.4  fps
low 1280x720
Radeon R9 M375:
95.6  fps
med. 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
40  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
25.1  fps
Overwatch

Overwatch

2016
low 1280x720
Radeon R9 M375:
76.8  fps
med. 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
65.4  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
29.6  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
14.3  fps
low 1280x720
Radeon R9 M375:
47.6  fps
med. 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
28.8  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
12.4  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
9.4  fps
low 1024x768
Radeon R9 M375:
89.4  fps
med. 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
58.5  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
31.1  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
26.2  fps
low 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
89.8  fps
med. 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
65.4  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
34.6  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
23.7  fps
Mad Max

Mad Max

2015
med. 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
36.3  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
18.6  fps
low 1280x720
Radeon R9 M375:
59.5  fps
med. 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
48.8  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
33.1  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
30  fps
low 1280x720
Radeon R9 M375:
27  fps
med. 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
22  fps
low 1024x768
Radeon R9 M375:
9.8  fps
med. 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
40.8 (!)  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
24.8  fps
low 1024x768
Radeon R9 M375:
59.3  fps
med. 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
43.5  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
17.7  fps
Evolve

Evolve

2015
low 1024x768
Radeon R9 M375:
41.1  fps
med. 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
31.1  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
16.7  fps
low 1024x768
Radeon R9 M375:
36.3 (!)  fps
med. 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
34.7 (!)  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
21.4 (!)  fps
Far Cry 4

Far Cry 4

2014
low 1024x768
Radeon R9 M375:
40.8  fps
med. 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
31.6  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
15.8  fps
low 1024x768
Radeon R9 M375:
28.5  fps
low 1024x768
Radeon R9 M375:
55  fps
med. 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
34.4  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
17.4  fps
low 1024x768
Radeon R9 M375:
48  fps
med. 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
32  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
21.6  fps
low 1024x768
Radeon R9 M375:
53.4  fps
med. 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
38.7  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
21.6  fps
low 1280x720
Radeon R9 M375:
36  fps
med. 1344x756
Radeon R9 M375:
25.5  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
15.5  fps
Fifa 15

Fifa 15

2014
high 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
66.3  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
32.7  fps
low 1024x768
Radeon R9 M375:
91 (!)  fps
med. 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
47.4 (!)  fps
high 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
30.1 (!)  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
20.6 (!)  fps
Thief

Thief

2014
low 1024x768
Radeon R9 M375:
27  fps
med. 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
22.7  fps
high 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
19.4  fps
med. 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
43.8  fps
high 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
30.6  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
11.9  fps
low 1024x768
Radeon R9 M375:
42  fps
med. 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
34.8  fps
high 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
22.3  fps
low 1280x720
Radeon R9 M375:
89.2  fps
med. 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
52.9  fps
high 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
44  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
16.3  fps
med. 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
50  fps
high 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
36.2  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
17.8  fps
Crysis 3

Crysis 3

2013
low 1024x768
Radeon R9 M375:
37.9  fps
med. 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
23.2  fps
low 1024x768
Radeon R9 M375:
108.9  fps
med. 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
74.5  fps
high 1366x768
Radeon R9 M375:
58.3  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
37.9  fps
low 1024x768
Radeon R9 M375:
213.3  fps
med. 1360x768
Radeon R9 M375:
76.7  fps
high 1360x768
Radeon R9 M375:
46.5  fps
ultra 1920x1080
Radeon R9 M375:
26.2  fps
AMD Radeon R9 M375lowmed.highultraQHD4K
F1 201830201612
The Crew 240.316.514.913.8
Far Cry 530151312
Fortnite45.522.115.5
Assassin´s Creed Origins24131210
Destiny 236.420.21816.3
FIFA 18108.579.761.258.2
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG)3916.715.513.3
Team Fortress 26258.454.834.4
Rocket League95.64025.1
Overwatch76.865.429.614.3
The Division47.628.812.49.4
Rainbow Six Siege89.458.531.126.2
World of Warships89.865.434.623.7
Mad Max36.318.6
Dota 2 Reborn59.548.833.130
Batman: Arkham Knight2722
The Witcher 39.8
Dirt Rally40.824.8
Battlefield Hardline59.343.517.7
Evolve41.131.116.7
Dragon Age: Inquisition36.334.721.4
Far Cry 440.831.615.8
Assassin's Creed Unity28.5
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare5534.417.4
Civilization: Beyond Earth483221.6
Alien: Isolation53.438.721.6
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor3625.515.5
Fifa 1566.332.7
GRID: Autosport9147.430.120.6
Thief2722.719.4
Battlefield 443.830.611.9
Metro: Last Light4234.822.3
BioShock Infinite89.252.94416.3
Tomb Raider5036.217.8
Crysis 337.923.2
Diablo III108.974.558.337.9
StarCraft 2213.376.746.526.2
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