GeForce GTX 570 vs Radeon R9 380 2G

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 380 2G, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 970 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1425 MHz on this specific card. It features 1792 SPUs along with 112 Texture Address Units 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 570		4387 points
	Difference: 4463 (102%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 380 2G		19 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 570		13 Mh/s
	Difference: 6 (46%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R9 380 2G		190 Watts
GeForce GTX 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 29 Watts (15%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 380 2G, in theory, should perform just a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 570 overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		182400 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
	Difference: 30400 (20%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380 2G is much (approximately 147%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		108640 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 64720 (147%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 380 2G is just a bit (about 6%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 570, and able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		31040 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs 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 fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.