GeForce GTX 480 vs Radeon R9 380X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 380X, which has core speeds of 970 MHz on the GPU, and 1425 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs 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 480		3650 points
	Difference: 5869 (161%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R9 380X		190 Watts
GeForce GTX 480		250 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (32%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 380X should theoretically perform a small bit faster than the GeForce GTX 480 in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 380X		182400 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 480		177408 MB/sec
	Difference: 4992 (3%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380X will be much (more or less 196%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 480. (explain)

Radeon R9 380X		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 480		42000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 82160 (196%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 480 is a small bit (approximately 8%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 380X, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 480		33600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 380X		31040 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2560 (8%)

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 data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster 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 can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core 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 fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.