GeForce GTX 570 vs Radeon R9 380 2G

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 380 2G, which has GPU clock speed of 970 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1425 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1792 Stream Processors, 112 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 380 2G		8850 points
GeForce GTX 570		4387 points
	Difference: 4463 (102%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 380 2G		19 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 570		13 Mh/s
	Difference: 6 (46%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R9 380 2G		190 Watts
GeForce GTX 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 29 Watts (15%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon R9 380 2G should perform a little bit faster than the GeForce GTX 570 overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		182400 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
	Difference: 30400 (20%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380 2G will be quite a bit (about 147%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		108640 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 64720 (147%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 380 2G is a little bit (approximately 6%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GTX 570, and will be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		31040 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		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 data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, 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, 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 number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units 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 applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated 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 filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.