GeForce GTX 960M vs Radeon R9 380 2G

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 380 2G, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 970 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1425 MHz on this model. It features 1792 SPUs as well as 112 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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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 960M		4350 points
	Difference: 4500 (103%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960M		65 Watts
Radeon R9 380 2G		190 Watts
	Difference: 125 Watts (192%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon R9 380 2G should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce GTX 960M in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		182400 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 118400 (185%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380 2G is quite a bit (about 148%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 960M. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		108640 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 64800 (148%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon R9 380 2G is superior to the GeForce GTX 960M, by far. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		31040 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		17536 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13504 (77%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, 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 number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.