GeForce GTX 480 vs Radeon R9 380 2G

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 380 2G, which features a clock frequency of 970 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1425 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 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 480		3650 points
	Difference: 5200 (142%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R9 380 2G		190 Watts
GeForce GTX 480		250 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (32%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R9 380 2G should be just a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 480 overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		182400 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 480		177408 MB/sec
	Difference: 4992 (3%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380 2G should be quite a bit (about 159%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 480. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		108640 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 480		42000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 66640 (159%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 480 is the winner, but not by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 480		33600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 380 2G		31040 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2560 (8%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it 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, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip 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 ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.