GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 vs Radeon R9 380 2G

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R9 380 2G, which features GPU clock speed of 970 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1425 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1792 SPUs, 112 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation 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

Radeon R9 380 2G		8850 points
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		4200 points
	Difference: 4650 (111%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R9 380 2G		190 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		210 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (11%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 380 2G, in theory, should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		182400 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		144000 MB/sec
	Difference: 38400 (27%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380 2G is a lot (about 165%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		108640 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		40992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 67648 (165%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 380 2G will be a bit (more or less 6%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		31040 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1760 (6%)

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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core 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 processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.