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GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon R9 280X
IntroThe GeForce GTX 960 features a GPU clock speed of 1127 MHz, and the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM runs at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 1024 Stream Processors, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 280X, which features GPU core speed of 850 MHz, and 3072 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1500 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also is made up of 2048 Stream Processors, 128 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.
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Memory BandwidthTheoretically, the Radeon R9 280X should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 960 in general. (explain)
Texel RateThe Radeon R9 280X will be quite a bit (approximately 51%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)
Pixel RateIf using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 960 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)
Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit. Price Comparison
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Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions. Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second. Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.
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4 Responses to “GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon R9 280X”For $50 more(or less), you can get a much much better card with the 280X. Also most 280X's on the market will have a base clock of 950+ MHz. So those looking at the 960 for an entry level card should look at the 280X because for slightly more cash, can get a card that can run most games at 1440p with ease instead of 1080p like the GTX 960.
128-bit and 1024 Unified shaders ("CUDA Cores") is a joke. Another PLACEBO CARD by NVIDIA.
I'm trying to make a PC but I'm not sure which video card to get. Radeon R9 280X or Geforce GTX 960. Any suggestions??
I bought two r9 280x over a year ago. IMHO,They run too hot. One burned out after 9 months. Second getting flaky. Looking to nvidia for cooler running cards. Gtx 960 looks OK. But gtx 970 probably on par or better than r9 280x *and* it runs much cooler (less power~=cooler temps... With same cooling scheme)