GeForce GTX 950 vs Radeon R9 380X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 380X, which features clock speeds of 970 MHz on the GPU, and 1425 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2048 SPUs along with 128 TAUs 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 380X		9519 points
GeForce GTX 950		6536 points
	Difference: 2983 (46%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 380X		19 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 950		10 Mh/s
	Difference: 9 (90%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950		90 Watts
Radeon R9 380X		190 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (111%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R9 380X should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 950 in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 380X		182400 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950		105728 MB/sec
	Difference: 76672 (73%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380X should be a lot (about 153%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 950. (explain)

Radeon R9 380X		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 950		49152 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 75008 (153%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950 is a little bit (more or less 6%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 380X, and also able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		32768 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 380X		31040 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1728 (6%)

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 data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video 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 amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's 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 lots of 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.