GeForce GTX Titan X vs Radeon R9 380 2G

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 380 2G, 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 specific model. It features 1792 SPUs along with 112 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

GeForce GTX Titan X		17879 points
Radeon R9 380 2G		8850 points
	Difference: 9029 (102%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R9 380 2G		190 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan X		250 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (32%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX Titan X will be 84% quicker than the Radeon R9 380 2G overall, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		336000 MB/sec
Radeon R9 380 2G		182400 MB/sec
	Difference: 153600 (84%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan X should be much (approximately 77%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R9 380 2G. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		192000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 380 2G		108640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 83360 (77%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX Titan X is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		96000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 380 2G		31040 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 64960 (209%)

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 information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video 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 that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure 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 lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.