GeForce GTX 570 vs Radeon R9 380X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 380X, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 970 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a frequency of 1425 MHz on this card. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator 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 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

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R9 380X will be 20% faster than the GeForce GTX 570 overall, due to its higher bandwidth. (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 a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R9 380X is a better choice, but it probably won't make a huge difference. (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 maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure 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 card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.