GeForce GTX Titan vs Radeon R9 380 2G

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 380 2G, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 970 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1425 MHz on this specific card. It features 1792 SPUs along with 112 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX Titan		10162 points
Radeon R9 380 2G		8850 points
	Difference: 1312 (15%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R9 380 2G		190 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan		250 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (32%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX Titan should in theory be quite a bit superior to the Radeon R9 380 2G overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		288384 MB/sec
Radeon R9 380 2G		182400 MB/sec
	Difference: 105984 (58%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan will be quite a bit (about 73%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R9 380 2G. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		187488 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 380 2G		108640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 78848 (73%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX Titan is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		40176 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 380 2G		31040 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9136 (29%)

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

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video 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 number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.