GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon R9 380

GeForce GTX 960
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 22 Jan 2015
GeForce GTX 960
Radeon R9 380
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 18 Jun 2015
Radeon R9 380

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 960
    100%
  • Radeon R9 380
    118%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 960
    100%
  • Radeon R9 380
    120%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 960

70 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 380 .
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon R9 380

20% higher gaming performance.
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports TrueAudio
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon R9 380

HWBench recommends Radeon R9 380

The Radeon R9 380 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (37 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 960Radeon R9 380
GPU NameGM206 (GM206-300-A1)vsAntigua (Antigua PRO)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size228 mm²vs366 mm²
Transistors2,940 millionvs5,000 million
Shaders1024vs1792
Compute Units8vs28
Core clock1127 MHzvs970 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs64vs112

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 960Radeon R9 380
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective
vs1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 960Radeon R9 380
TDP120 wattsvs190 watts
Release Date22 Jan 2015vs18 Jun 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 960
    36.10 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 380
    31.04 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 960
    72.10 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 380
    108.60 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 960
    112.20 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 380
    176.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 960
    2308.10 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 380
    3476.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 960
    10380
  • Radeon R9 380
    12280

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Alien Isolation

DX11, Max Detail, 2xMSAA 16xAF

  • GeForce GTX 960
    56
  • Radeon R9 380
    51

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX 960
    28
  • Radeon R9 380
    28

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • GeForce GTX 960
    25
  • Radeon R9 380
    25

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx

  • GeForce GTX 960
    30
  • Radeon R9 380
    26

FPS (higher is better)

Fallout 4

DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows

  • GeForce GTX 960
    33
  • Radeon R9 380
    32

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 960
    27
  • Radeon R9 380
    32

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 960
    37
  • Radeon R9 380
    40

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 960
    25
  • Radeon R9 380
    36

FPS (higher is better)

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

DX11, Very High Detail

  • GeForce GTX 960
    44
  • Radeon R9 380
    54

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 960
    21
  • Radeon R9 380
    32

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 960
    27
  • Radeon R9 380
    28

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 960
    29
  • Radeon R9 380
    38

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 960
    30
  • Radeon R9 380
    33

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Warhammer

DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 960
    19
  • Radeon R9 380
    34

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX 960
    46
  • Radeon R9 380
    37

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • GeForce GTX 960
    34
  • Radeon R9 380
    35

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx

  • GeForce GTX 960
    38
  • Radeon R9 380
    36

FPS (higher is better)

Fallout 4

DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows

  • GeForce GTX 960
    53
  • Radeon R9 380
    49

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 960
    42
  • Radeon R9 380
    46

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 960
    53
  • Radeon R9 380
    54

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 960
    31
  • Radeon R9 380
    47

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 960
    31
  • Radeon R9 380
    42

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 960
    36
  • Radeon R9 380
    37

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 960
    40
  • Radeon R9 380
    52

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 960
    40
  • Radeon R9 380
    43

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Warhammer

DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 960
    25
  • Radeon R9 380
    51

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX 960
    17
  • Radeon R9 380
    14

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx

  • GeForce GTX 960
    3
  • Radeon R9 380
    7

FPS (higher is better)

Fallout 4

DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows

  • GeForce GTX 960
    14
  • Radeon R9 380
    14

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 960
    10
  • Radeon R9 380
    9

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 960
    10
  • Radeon R9 380
    14

FPS (higher is better)

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

DX11, Very High Detail

  • GeForce GTX 960
    22
  • Radeon R9 380
    20

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 960
    9
  • Radeon R9 380
    12

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce GTX 960
    14
  • Radeon R9 380
    14

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 960
    7
  • Radeon R9 380
    15

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 960
    11
  • Radeon R9 380
    15

FPS (higher is better)

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

DX11, Very High Detail

  • GeForce GTX 960
    13
  • Radeon R9 380
    9

FPS (higher is better)