GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon R9 390X 8G

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 390X 8G, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1050 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1500 MHz on this model. It features 2816 SPUs as well as 176 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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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 390X 8G		13555 points
GeForce GTX 960		7627 points
	Difference: 5928 (78%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 390X 8G		330 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 960		154 Sol/s
	Difference: 176 (114%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 390X 8G		32 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 960		11 Mh/s
	Difference: 21 (191%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
Radeon R9 390X 8G		275 Watts
	Difference: 155 Watts (129%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R9 390X 8G will be 243% faster than the GeForce GTX 960 in general, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon R9 390X 8G		384000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 272000 (243%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 390X 8G will be a lot (about 156%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)

Radeon R9 390X 8G		184800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 112672 (156%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 390X 8G will be a lot (approximately 86%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 960, and capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon R9 390X 8G		67200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 31136 (86%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses 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 higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.