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Graphics card comparison

GeForce GTX 950 vs Radeon R9 380

Nvidia

GeForce GTX 950

2048 Mb GDDR5 Released 20 Aug 2015 DESKTOP
GeForce GTX 950
AMD

Radeon R9 380

2048 Mb GDDR5 Released 18 Jun 2015 DESKTOP
Radeon R9 380

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 950100%
  • Radeon R9 380144%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 950100%
  • Radeon R9 380142%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider the 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 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  • Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 the Radeon R9 380

  • 42% 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  • Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
Our verdict

HWSpot recommends the Radeon R9 380

The Radeon R9 380 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (38 combinations of games and resolutions).

Specifications

Core configuration

GeForce GTX 950Radeon R9 380
GPU NameGM206 (GM206-250-A1)Antigua (Antigua PRO)
Fab Process28 nm28 nm
Die Size228 mm²366 mm²
Transistors2,940 million5,000 million
Shaders7681792
Compute Units628
Core clock1024 MHz970 MHz
ROPs3232
TMUs48112

Memory configuration

GeForce GTX 950Radeon R9 380
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5
Bus Width128 bit256 bit
Memory Speed1653 MHz
6612 MHz effective		1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mb2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 950Radeon R9 380
TDP90 watts190 watts
Release Date20 Aug 201518 Jun 2015

Raw performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 95032.80 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 38031.04 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 95049.20 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 380108.60 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 950105.80 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 380176.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 9501572.90 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 3803476.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 9508490
  • Radeon R9 38012280

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Alien Isolation

DX11, Max Detail, 2xMSAA 16xAF

  • GeForce GTX 95044
  • Radeon R9 38051

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX 95023
  • Radeon R9 38028

FPS (higher is better)

Ashes Of The Singularity

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

  • GeForce GTX 95014
  • Radeon R9 3807

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • GeForce GTX 95022
  • Radeon R9 38025

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx

  • GeForce GTX 95022
  • Radeon R9 38026

FPS (higher is better)

Fallout 4

DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows

  • GeForce GTX 95026
  • Radeon R9 38032

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 95024
  • Radeon R9 38032

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • GeForce GTX 95031
  • Radeon R9 38040

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 95016
  • Radeon R9 38036

FPS (higher is better)

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

DX11, Very High Detail

  • GeForce GTX 95037
  • Radeon R9 38054

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 95019
  • Radeon R9 38032

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • GeForce GTX 95020
  • Radeon R9 38028

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 95026
  • Radeon R9 38038

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 95024
  • Radeon R9 38033

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX 95037
  • Radeon R9 38037

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • GeForce GTX 95032
  • Radeon R9 38035

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx

  • GeForce GTX 95030
  • Radeon R9 38036

FPS (higher is better)

Fallout 4

DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows

  • GeForce GTX 95040
  • Radeon R9 38049

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 95037
  • Radeon R9 38046

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • GeForce GTX 95045
  • Radeon R9 38054

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 95022
  • Radeon R9 38047

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 95028
  • Radeon R9 38042

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • GeForce GTX 95027
  • Radeon R9 38037

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 95038
  • Radeon R9 38052

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 95035
  • Radeon R9 38043

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • GeForce GTX 95013
  • Radeon R9 38014

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • GeForce GTX 9508
  • Radeon R9 3807

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

OpenGL, Ultra Quality, SMAA 1tx

  • GeForce GTX 9502
  • Radeon R9 3807

FPS (higher is better)

Fallout 4

DX11, Ultra Details, Godrays, High shadows

  • GeForce GTX 95011
  • Radeon R9 38014

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 9508
  • Radeon R9 3809

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

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

  • GeForce GTX 95020
  • Radeon R9 38016

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 9508
  • Radeon R9 38014

FPS (higher is better)

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

DX11, Very High Detail

  • GeForce GTX 95017
  • Radeon R9 38020

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 9505
  • Radeon R9 38012

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • GeForce GTX 95011
  • Radeon R9 38014

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 9507
  • Radeon R9 38015

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 9506
  • Radeon R9 38015

FPS (higher is better)

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

DX11, Very High Detail

  • GeForce GTX 9508
  • Radeon R9 3809

FPS (higher is better)

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