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AMD has announced a number of Radeon 300 series graphics cards coming to OEMs, covering the desktop varieties. Just a few days ago we brought you news of HP including an R9 380 in its Envy pre-build, and this is just one of three desktop cards announced by AMD.
The Radeon R9 380, Radeon R9 370, and the radeon R9 360 are based on Tonga, Pitcairn, and Bonaire GPUs respectively. Each of the three graphics cards will be integrated into pre-built gaming PCs from the likes of HP, Dell, and Lenovo, and we’ve now got official specs on all three of these cards.
The trio of desktop cards are based on their counterparts from the Radeon R9 200 series of graphics cards. These are basically rebrands over existing R-200 series GPUs and we expect only token performance gains over their 2013 predecessors. All three come equipped with GDDR5 memory rather than the much touted HBM, which is being reserved for the higher-end AMD Radeon R9 300-series models.
| | Radeon R9 360 OEM | Radeon R9 370 OEM | Radeon R9 380 OEM |
| Process Node | 28nm | 28nm | 28nm |
| GPU | Bonaire Pro | Pitcairn Pro | Tonga Pro |
| Compute Engines | 12 | 16 | 28 |
| Streaming Processors | 768 | 1024 | 1792 |
| VRAM | 2GB GDDR5 | 2-4GB GDDR5 | 4GB GDDR5 |
| Memory Clock | 6.5GHz | 5.6GHz | 5.5GHz |
| Core Clock | 1050MHz | 975MHz | 918MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 104GB/s | 179.2GB/s | 176GB/s |
| Power Connectors | PCIe-powered | 1 x 6-pin | 2 x 6-pin |
| Freesync Support | Yes | No | Yes |
These rebadged graphics cards will be available in pre-builds only, AMD will be announcing its own dedicated product lineup soon enough. The R9 380 is functionally identical to the R9 285, the R9 370 is the equivalent of the R7 265, and the R9 360 is a variant of the R9 260 OEM. These parts are shipping now, so they should begin cropping up in pre-built computers in-store and online soon.
Ultimately you're best off avoiding these OEM cards if you can, their rebranding is more confusing than it needs to be, particularly when the real deals start arriving soon. There's not much here to appeal to those already sporting decent gaming PCs, so we're waiting on AMD now to take the wraps off its anticipated dedicated gaming range within the month. If you missed it earlier then you can see the firstpictures of the R9 390X, which is likely to be revealed at Computex Taipei in June.
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