GeForce GTX 460 vs Radeon R9 380 4G

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 380 4G, which features a core clock speed of 970 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency 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

Radeon R9 380 4G		8837 points
GeForce GTX 460		2557 points
	Difference: 6280 (246%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 460		150 Watts
Radeon R9 380 4G		190 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (27%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon R9 380 4G should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 460 overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 4G		182400 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 96000 (111%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380 4G is much (about 187%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 460. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 4G		108640 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460		37800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 70840 (187%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon R9 380 4G is a better choice, by far. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 4G		31040 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460		16200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 14840 (92%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.