GeForce GTX 460 SE vs Radeon R9 380X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 380X, which comes with core speeds of 970 MHz on the GPU, and 1425 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2048 SPUs along with 128 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon R9 380X should in theory be much superior to the GeForce GTX 460 SE overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 380X		182400 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		108800 MB/sec
	Difference: 73600 (68%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380X will be much (approximately 298%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 SE. (explain)

Radeon R9 380X		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		31200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 92960 (298%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon R9 380X is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon R9 380X		31040 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		20800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 10240 (49%)

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 max amount of information (measured in megabytes 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 its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a 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 sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.