GeForce GTX 470 vs Radeon R9 380
Summary
GeForce GTX 470
100%
Radeon R9 380
262%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 470 |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 380 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Around 162% higher average synthetic 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 380
The Radeon R9 380 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 470 | | Radeon R9 380 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF100 (GF100-275-A3) | vs | Antigua (Antigua PRO) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 529 mm² | vs | 366 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,100 million | vs | 5,000 million |
| Shaders | 448 | vs | 1792 |
| Compute Units | 14 | vs | 28 |
| Core clock | 608 MHz | vs | 970 MHz |
| ROPs | 40 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 56 | vs | 112 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 470 | | Radeon R9 380 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 320 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 837 MHz
3348 MHz effective | vs | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1280 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 470 | | Radeon R9 380 | |
|---|
| TDP | 215 watts | vs | 190 watts |
| Release Date | 26 Mar 2010 | vs | 18 Jun 2015 |
GeForce GTX 470
17.00 GP/s
Radeon R9 380
31.04 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 470
34.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 380
108.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 470
134.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 380
176.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 470
1089.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 380
3476.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 470
4680
Radeon R9 380
12280
Points (higher is better)