Rumor: AMD is preparing to launch its Radeon R9 380X graphics card
AMD is rumored to be launching the new Radeon R9 380X GPU before the year is up. Find out more about its specifications and value proposition after the jump.
According to Videocardz.com, AMD will be releasing the Radeon R9 380X GPU before the year is up. This information was picked up by them from HardwareBattle, a Korean website. The Radeon R9 380X isn’t based on the Fiji GPU, instead, it feature a fully-unlocked Tonga GPU, named Antigua XT. The Tonga GPU made its first appearance in the Radeon R9 285 graphics card.
(Image source: Hardwarebattle via Videocardz.com)
The Radeon R9 380X will operate at a clock speed of 1000- to 1100MHz, and comes equipped with 4GB of GDDR5 video memory. The memory modules are rated to operate at 1375- to 1500Mhz over a 256-bit wide memory bus. Save for its video memory and memory bus width, the specifications of the R9 380X is very close to R9 280X, which features 3GB of GDDR5 video memory and a memory bus width of 384-bit.
Model | AMD Radeon R9 390X | AMD Radeon R9 390 | AMD Radeon R9 380X | AMDRadeon R9 380 | AMDRadeon R7 370 |
Manufacturing Process | 28nm | 28nm | 28nm | 28nm | 28nm |
Core Clock | Up to 1050MHz | Up to 1000MHz | Up to 1100MHz | Up to 970MHz | Up to 975MHz |
Stream Processors | 2816 | 2560 | 2048 | 1792 | 1024 |
Onboard Memory | 8GB GDDR5 | 8GB GDDR5 | 4GB GDDR5 | 4GB GDDR5 | 2GB / 4GB GDDR5 |
DDR Memory Bus | 512-bit | 512-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit |
Memory Bandwidth | 384GB/s | 384GB/s | ~192GB/s | 182.4GB/s | 179.2GB/s |
PCI Express Interface | PCIe ver 3.0 x16 | PCIe ver 3.0 x16 | PCIe ver 3.0 x16 | PCIe ver 3.0 x16 | PCIe ver 3.0 x16 |
Molex Power Connectors | 1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin | 1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin | TBA | 2 x 6-pin | 1 x 6-pin |
AMD TrueAudio Technology | Yes | Yes | TBA | Yes | No |
Launch Price | US$429 | US$329 | US$249 | US$199 | US$149 |
The Radeon R9 380X is allegedly priced at US$249, which was the launch price of the R9 285 GPU. In terms of launch prices, the R9 380X is priced US$50 higher than the R9 380. Therefore, we feel that if the leaked information holds water, the upcoming R9 380X will appeal to AMD fans who don’t want to splurge on a Fiji-based GPU. If we were to extrapolate from our experiences with the Radeon R9 280X and the R9 380 GPUs, the rumored R9 380X, with its 4GB video memory, might be a decent graphics card for playing non-demanding PC game titles at full HD resolution.
(Source: HardwareBattle via Videocardz.com)
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