Geforce GTX 680 vs Radeon R9 380X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 380X, which features a core clock frequency of 970 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1425 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 2048 SPUs, 128 Texture Address Units, 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 680		7650 points
	Difference: 1869 (24%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 380X		19 Mh/s
Geforce GTX 680		16 Mh/s
	Difference: 3 (19%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R9 380X		190 Watts
Geforce GTX 680		195 Watts
	Difference: 5 Watts (3%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Geforce GTX 680 should theoretically be just a bit superior to the Radeon R9 380X overall. (explain)

Geforce GTX 680		192256 MB/sec
Radeon R9 380X		182400 MB/sec
	Difference: 9856 (5%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 680 should be just a bit (about 4%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R9 380X. (explain)

Geforce GTX 680		128768 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 380X		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 4608 (4%)

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 680 should be just a bit (about 4%) better at FSAA than the Radeon R9 380X, and capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Geforce GTX 680		32192 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 380X		31040 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1152 (4%)

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 max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.