GPU Comparison
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On performance, the Radeon R9 380 and GeForce GTX TITAN are effectively a dead heat — under a few percent apart. It is also the stronger value pick here, so it's the easy recommendation if your budget allows.
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Radeon R9 380 vs GeForce GTX TITAN: In-Depth Breakdown
Performance: Radeon R9 380 vs GeForce GTX TITAN
The Radeon R9 380 and GeForce GTX TITAN post nearly the same score in our performance index, so neither holds a meaningful raw-speed advantage. Both are best suited to entry-level 1080p gaming.
Price & Value
Right now the Radeon R9 380 starts at $20 EUR against $1,198 EUR for the GeForce GTX TITAN. Because it's both faster and competitively priced, the Radeon R9 380 wins on performance-per-dollar by about 5778%. The Radeon R9 380 is trading below its $199 EUR MSRP — a genuine deal. The GeForce GTX TITAN still sits about $199 EUR above its $999 EUR MSRP.
Power & Efficiency
The Radeon R9 380 draws just 190W versus 230W for the GeForce GTX TITAN, and it also delivers more performance per watt — so it runs cooler and quieter and needs less PSU headroom. Its more modern GCN 3.0 architecture on a TSMC 28nm process is part of why it does more with each watt.
VRAM & Future-Proofing
With 6GB against 2GB, the GeForce GTX TITAN has more headroom for 4K textures and memory-hungry creative/AI tasks where the Radeon R9 380's 2GB can fall short.
Generation & Longevity
The Radeon R9 380 is roughly 2 years newer than the GeForce GTX TITAN (GCN 3.0 vs Kepler), so it generally benefits from a more modern architecture and longer driver-support runway.
Features & Ecosystem
Beyond raw numbers, the Radeon R9 380 brings AMD FSR upscaling and strong rasterization value, while the GeForce GTX TITAN offers NVIDIA DLSS upscaling/frame generation and stronger ray tracing. If you lean on upscaling or ray tracing, that ecosystem difference can matter as much as the frame-rate gap.
Which should you buy: Radeon R9 380 or GeForce GTX TITAN?
The Radeon R9 380 is the all-round winner here — it's faster and the better value, so buy it if it fits your budget. Only consider the GeForce GTX TITAN if you find it at a steep discount.