GeForce GTX 460 vs Radeon R9 380X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 380X, which comes with a core clock frequency of 970 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1425 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 2048 SPUs, 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 460		2557 points
	Difference: 6962 (272%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 460		150 Watts
Radeon R9 380X		190 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (27%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon R9 380X should theoretically be a lot better than the GeForce GTX 460 in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 380X		182400 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 96000 (111%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380X will be a lot (more or less 228%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 460. (explain)

Radeon R9 380X		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460		37800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 86360 (228%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 380X is quite a bit (about 92%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 460, and also able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon R9 380X		31040 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460		16200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 14840 (92%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units 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 fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.