GeForce GTX 1070 vs Radeon R9 380X

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 380X, which features core clock speeds of 970 MHz on the GPU, and 1425 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 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

GeForce GTX 1070		18174 points
Radeon R9 380X		9519 points
	Difference: 8655 (91%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
Radeon R9 380X		190 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (27%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1070 should be 44% quicker than the Radeon R9 380X overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
Radeon R9 380X		182400 MB/sec
	Difference: 79744 (44%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 should be much (approximately 46%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R9 380X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 380X		124160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 56560 (46%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 should be much (about 211%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 380X, and capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 380X		31040 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 65344 (211%)

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 MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. 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 rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.