GeForce GTX 960A vs Radeon R9 380X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 960A and Radeon R9 380X, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 960A stacks up against Radeon R9 380X, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 960A Radeon R9 380X
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 190 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 380X has 153% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 960A.
  • GeForce GTX 960A is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon R9 380X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R9 380X has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 960A.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 960A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R9 380X - with GCN 3.0.
  • GeForce GTX 960A and Radeon R9 380X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 960A is 4042 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 380X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 35−40
ultra / 1080p 7−8 21−24
QHD / 1440p 2−3 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 24−27 60−65
medium / 1080p 14−16 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 380X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 200% more, than GeForce GTX 960A.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 960A Radeon R9 380X
Architecture Maxwell GCN 3.0
Code name GM107 Antigua
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 13 March 2015 19 November 2015
Pipelines 640 2048
Core clock speed 1029 MHz
Boost Clock 1085 MHz 970 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 43.40 124.2
Floating-point performance 1,389 gflops 3,973 gflops
Length 221 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 970 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80.19 GB/s 182.4 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 +
CUDA 5.0
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.58 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 180 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Mantle +
Design reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.89 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 20.63 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 175 Sol/s
Compute units 32
Form factor full height / full length
High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
LiquidVR +
FRTC +
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