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    GeForce GTX 950 vs Radeon R9 380X

    GeForce GTX 950
    Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 20 Aug 2015
    GeForce GTX 950
    Radeon R9 380X
    Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
    Release date: 19 Nov 2015
    Radeon R9 380X

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GTX 950
      100%
    • Radeon R9 380X
      157%

    Relative performance

    Gaming performance index

    • GeForce GTX 950
      100%
    • Radeon R9 380X
      202%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 950

    100 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 380X .
    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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 380X

    102% 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    Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 380X

    HWBench recommends Radeon R9 380X

    The Radeon R9 380X is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (43 combinations of games and resolutions).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 950Radeon R9 380X
    GPU NameGM206 (GM206-250-A1)vsAntigua (Antigua XT)
    Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size228 mm²vs366 mm²
    Transistors2,940 millionvs5,000 million
    Shaders768vs2048
    Compute Units6vs32
    Core clock1024 MHzvs970 MHz
    ROPs32vs32
    TMUs48vs128

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 950Radeon R9 380X
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
    Bus Width128 bitvs256 bit
    Memory Speed1653 MHz
    6612 MHz effective    		vs1425 MHz
    5700 MHz effective
    Memory Size2048 Mbvs4096 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 950Radeon R9 380X
    TDP90 wattsvs190 watts
    Release Date20 Aug 2015vs19 Nov 2015

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 950
      32.80 GP/s
    • Radeon R9 380X
      31.04 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 950
      49.20 GT/s
    • Radeon R9 380X
      124.20 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 950
      105.80 GB/s
    • Radeon R9 380X
      182.40 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 950
      1572.90 GFLOPs
    • Radeon R9 380X
      3973.00 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GTX 950
      8490
    • Radeon R9 380X
      13410

    Points (higher is better)

    Game benchmarks

    Alien Isolation

    DX11, Max Detail, 2xMSAA 16xAF

    • GeForce GTX 950
      44
    • Radeon R9 380X
      68

    FPS (higher is better)

    Anno 2205

    DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

    • GeForce GTX 950
      23
    • Radeon R9 380X
      31

    FPS (higher is better)

    Ashes Of The Singularity

    High Quality Mode, 8 millon samples, 2xMSAA, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 950
      14
    • Radeon R9 380X
      37

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield Hardline

    DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

    • GeForce GTX 950
      22
    • Radeon R9 380X
      30

    FPS (higher is better)

    Bioshock Infinite

    DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA

    • GeForce GTX 950
      41
    • Radeon R9 380X
      56

    FPS (higher is better)

    Doom (2016)

    OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx

    • GeForce GTX 950
      22
    • Radeon R9 380X
      45

    FPS (higher is better)

    Fallout 4

    DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows

    • GeForce GTX 950
      26
    • Radeon R9 380X
      38

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry Primal

    DX11, Very High Settings

    • GeForce GTX 950
      24
    • Radeon R9 380X
      35

    FPS (higher is better)

    Grand Theft Auto V

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

    • GeForce GTX 950
      31
    • Radeon R9 380X
      42

    FPS (higher is better)

    Hitman (2016)

    DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

    • GeForce GTX 950
      16
    • Radeon R9 380X
      45

    FPS (higher is better)

    Hitman Absolution

    DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF

    • GeForce GTX 950
      31
    • Radeon R9 380X
      56

    FPS (higher is better)

    Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

    DX11, Very High Detail

    • GeForce GTX 950
      37
    • Radeon R9 380X
      58

    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 950
      19
    • Radeon R9 380X
      35

    FPS (higher is better)

    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

    • GeForce GTX 950
      20
    • Radeon R9 380X
      29

    FPS (higher is better)

    Thief 2014

    DX11, Very High Details

    • GeForce GTX 950
      26
    • Radeon R9 380X
      43

    FPS (higher is better)

    Tom Clancy's The Division

    DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

    • GeForce GTX 950
      24
    • Radeon R9 380X
      34

    FPS (higher is better)

    Watch Dogs 2

    Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 950
      17
    • Radeon R9 380X
      22

    FPS (higher is better)

    Anno 2205

    DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

    • GeForce GTX 950
      37
    • Radeon R9 380X
      41

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield Hardline

    DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

    • GeForce GTX 950
      32
    • Radeon R9 380X
      43

    FPS (higher is better)

    Doom (2016)

    OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx

    • GeForce GTX 950
      30
    • Radeon R9 380X
      66

    FPS (higher is better)

    Fallout 4

    DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows

    • GeForce GTX 950
      40
    • Radeon R9 380X
      64

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry Primal

    DX11, Very High Settings

    • GeForce GTX 950
      37
    • Radeon R9 380X
      49

    FPS (higher is better)

    Grand Theft Auto V

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

    • GeForce GTX 950
      45
    • Radeon R9 380X
      60

    FPS (higher is better)

    Hitman (2016)

    DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

    • GeForce GTX 950
      22
    • Radeon R9 380X
      58

    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 950
      28
    • Radeon R9 380X
      49

    FPS (higher is better)

    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

    • GeForce GTX 950
      27
    • Radeon R9 380X
      39

    FPS (higher is better)

    Thief 2014

    DX11, Very High Details

    • GeForce GTX 950
      38
    • Radeon R9 380X
      59

    FPS (higher is better)

    Tom Clancy's The Division

    DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

    • GeForce GTX 950
      35
    • Radeon R9 380X
      46

    FPS (higher is better)

    Watch Dogs 2

    Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 950
      24
    • Radeon R9 380X
      32

    FPS (higher is better)

    Anno 2205

    DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

    • GeForce GTX 950
      13
    • Radeon R9 380X
      18

    FPS (higher is better)

    Battlefield Hardline

    DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

    • GeForce GTX 950
      8
    • Radeon R9 380X
      15

    FPS (higher is better)

    Doom (2016)

    OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx

    • GeForce GTX 950
      2
    • Radeon R9 380X
      21

    FPS (higher is better)

    Fallout 4

    DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows

    • GeForce GTX 950
      11
    • Radeon R9 380X
      17

    FPS (higher is better)

    Far Cry Primal

    DX11, Very High Settings

    • GeForce GTX 950
      8
    • Radeon R9 380X
      14

    FPS (higher is better)

    Grand Theft Auto V

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

    • GeForce GTX 950
      20
    • Radeon R9 380X
      23

    FPS (higher is better)

    Hitman (2016)

    DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

    • GeForce GTX 950
      8
    • Radeon R9 380X
      23

    FPS (higher is better)

    Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

    DX11, Very High Detail

    • GeForce GTX 950
      17
    • Radeon R9 380X
      31

    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 950
      5
    • Radeon R9 380X
      17

    FPS (higher is better)

    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

    • GeForce GTX 950
      11
    • Radeon R9 380X
      17

    FPS (higher is better)

    Thief 2014

    DX11, Very High Details

    • GeForce GTX 950
      7
    • Radeon R9 380X
      23

    FPS (higher is better)

    Tom Clancy's The Division

    DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

    • GeForce GTX 950
      6
    • Radeon R9 380X
      20

    FPS (higher is better)

    Watch Dogs 2

    Ultra Quality, Windows 10 x64

    • GeForce GTX 950
      4
    • Radeon R9 380X
      11

    FPS (higher is better)

    Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

    DX11, Very High Detail

    • GeForce GTX 950
      8
    • Radeon R9 380X
      19

    FPS (higher is better)

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