GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon R9 380 2G

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R9 380 2G, which has a clock frequency of 970 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1425 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1792 SPUs, 112 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 380 2G		8850 points
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		1897 points
	Difference: 6953 (367%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 550 Ti		116 Watts
Radeon R9 380 2G		190 Watts
	Difference: 74 Watts (64%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R9 380 2G should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		182400 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		98496 MB/sec
	Difference: 83904 (85%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380 2G should be quite a bit (approximately 277%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		108640 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		28800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 79840 (277%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon R9 380 2G is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		31040 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9440 (44%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core 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 applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.