GeForce GTX 460 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 runs 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

Radeon R9 380 2G		8850 points
GeForce GTX 460		2557 points
	Difference: 6293 (246%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 460		150 Watts
Radeon R9 380 2G		190 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (27%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 380 2G, in theory, should perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 460 in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		182400 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 96000 (111%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380 2G should be much (about 187%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 460. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		108640 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460		37800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 70840 (187%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R9 380 2G is the winner, by far. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It 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 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 AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core 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 also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.