GeForce GTX 560 vs Radeon R9 380 2G

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 380 2G, which comes with core speeds of 970 MHz on the GPU, and 1425 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. 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

Radeon R9 380 2G		8850 points
GeForce GTX 560		3030 points
	Difference: 5820 (192%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 560		150 Watts
Radeon R9 380 2G		190 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (27%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 380 2G should theoretically be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 560 in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		182400 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
	Difference: 54272 (42%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380 2G is a lot (more or less 140%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 560. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		108640 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 63280 (140%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon R9 380 2G is the winner, but it probably won't make a huge difference. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		31040 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5120 (20%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one 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 - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.