AMD Radeon R9 380 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

amd
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory1792
Cores176 GB/s
BandwidthRadeon R9 380

nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory1664
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 970

AMD Radeon R9 380
Radeon R9 380
$199 • Jun 2015
GeForce GTX 970
$329 • Sep 2014
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon R9 380 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 190 W | 148 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | N/A | 1178 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 176 GB/s | 224.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | GCN 3.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 1792 | 1664 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 112 | 104 |
| ROPs | 32 | 56 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1375 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 31.04 GPixel/s | 65.97 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 176 GTexel/s | 224.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 3.476 GFLOPS | 3.92 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.50 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 366 mm² | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 5000 Million | 5200 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin | 2x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks


3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon R9 380
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970


Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon R9 380
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970


GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon R9 380
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970


PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon R9 380
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks

AMD Radeon R9 380
AMD • 2GB GDDR5

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
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