GeForce GTX 570 vs Radeon R9 380X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 380X, which has GPU core speed of 970 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1425 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2048 Stream Processors, 128 Texture Address Units, and 32 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 380X		9519 points
GeForce GTX 570		4387 points
	Difference: 5132 (117%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 380X		19 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 570		13 Mh/s
	Difference: 6 (46%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R9 380X		190 Watts
GeForce GTX 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 29 Watts (15%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 380X should be a small bit faster than the GeForce GTX 570 in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 380X		182400 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
	Difference: 30400 (20%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380X should be much (more or less 183%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)

Radeon R9 380X		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 80240 (183%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon R9 380X is a better choice, but not by far. (explain)

Radeon R9 380X		31040 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1760 (6%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.