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GeForce GTX 460 SE vs Radeon R9 380 4G
Intro
The GeForce GTX 460 SE features a clock frequency of 650 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 850 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 288 SPUs, 48 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.Compare all that to the Radeon R9 380 4G, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 970 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a speed of 1425 MHz on this particular model. It features 1792 SPUs along with 112 TAUs and 32 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce GTX 460 SE |
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150 Watts |
| Radeon R9 380 4G |
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190 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
In theory, the Radeon R9 380 4G should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 460 SE in general. (explain)
| Radeon R9 380 4G |
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182400 MB/sec |
| GeForce GTX 460 SE |
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108800 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The Radeon R9 380 4G should be quite a bit (approximately 248%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 SE. (explain)| Radeon R9 380 4G |
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108640 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 460 SE |
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31200 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon R9 380 4G is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)| Radeon R9 380 4G |
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31040 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 460 SE |
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20800 Mpixels/sec |
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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
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTX 460 SE | Radeon R9 380 4G |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | November 2010 | June 2015 |
| Code Name | GF104 | Antigua PRO |
| Memory | 1024 MB | 4096 MB |
| Core Speed | 650 MHz | 970 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 3400 MHz | 5700 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 150 watts | 190 watts |
| Bandwidth | 108800 MB/sec | 182400 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 31200 Mtexels/sec | 108640 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 20800 Mpixels/sec | 31040 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 288 | 1792 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 48 | 112 |
| Render Output Units | 32 | 32 |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 1950 million | 5000 million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 | PCIe 3.0 ×16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 11 | DirectX 12.0 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.1 | OpenGL 4.5 |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core 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 processed per second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory per 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 clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.
GeForce GTX 460 SEAmazon.com
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Radeon R9 380 4GAmazon.com
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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