GeForce GTX Titan X vs Radeon R9 380 4G

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 380 4G, which comes with a core clock frequency of 970 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1425 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up 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

GeForce GTX Titan X		17879 points
Radeon R9 380 4G		8837 points
	Difference: 9042 (102%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R9 380 4G		190 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan X		250 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (32%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX Titan X should be quite a bit faster than the Radeon R9 380 4G in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		336000 MB/sec
Radeon R9 380 4G		182400 MB/sec
	Difference: 153600 (84%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan X will be much (approximately 77%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R9 380 4G. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		192000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 380 4G		108640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 83360 (77%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan X is a lot (more or less 209%) better at FSAA than the Radeon R9 380 4G, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		96000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 380 4G		31040 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 64960 (209%)

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 maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel 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 potential to get to the maximum fill rate.