GeForce GTX 960M vs Radeon R9 380X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 380X, which has a GPU core clock speed of 970 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1425 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 2048 Stream Processors, 128 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 380X		9519 points
GeForce GTX 960M		4350 points
	Difference: 5169 (119%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon R9 380X should in theory be much better than the GeForce GTX 960M overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380X will be a lot (more or less 183%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 960M. (explain)

Radeon R9 380X		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 80320 (183%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 380X will be much (approximately 77%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GTX 960M, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon R9 380X		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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out 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 outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.