Geforce GTX 670 vs Radeon R9 380X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 380X, which features a GPU core clock speed of 970 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1425 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 2048 Stream Processors, 128 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation 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 670		7351 points
	Difference: 2168 (29%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 380X		19 Mh/s
Geforce GTX 670		13 Mh/s
	Difference: 6 (46%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Geforce GTX 670		170 Watts
Radeon R9 380X		190 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (12%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Geforce GTX 670 is 5% quicker than the Radeon R9 380X in general, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

Geforce GTX 670		192000 MB/sec
Radeon R9 380X		182400 MB/sec
	Difference: 9600 (5%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380X will be a lot (more or less 21%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Geforce GTX 670. (explain)

Radeon R9 380X		124160 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 670		102480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 21680 (21%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 380X should be just a bit (approximately 6%) more effective at AA than the Geforce GTX 670, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon R9 380X		31040 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 670		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1760 (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 max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's 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 of the card by the core clock 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 processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. 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 is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.