Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 690 vs Radeon R9 380X
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 690
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 3 May 2012
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VS
AMD
Radeon R9 380X
4096 Mb GDDR5
Released 19 Nov 2015
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 690133%
- Radeon R9 380X100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 690
- Around 33% higher average synthetic performance.
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon R9 380X
- 110 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 690 .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the GeForce GTX 690
The GeForce GTX 690 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 690 | Radeon R9 380X |
|---|
| GPU Name | GK104 (GK104-355-A2) | Antigua (Antigua XT) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | 366 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,540 million | 5,000 million |
| Shaders | 1536 | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 8 | 32 |
| Core clock | 915 MHz | 970 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | 128 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 690 | Radeon R9 380X |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit x2 | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective | 1425 MHz
5700 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 690 | Radeon R9 380X |
|---|
| TDP | 300 watts | 190 watts |
| Release Date | 3 May 2012 | 19 Nov 2015 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 69058.60 GP/s
- Radeon R9 380X31.04 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 690234.00 GT/s
- Radeon R9 380X124.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 690384.00 GB/s
- Radeon R9 380X182.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 6905622.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R9 380X3973.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 69017860
- Radeon R9 380X13410
Points (higher is better)