GeForce GTX 570 vs Radeon R9 280X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 280X, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 850 MHz, and 3072 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1500 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also is made up of 2048 Stream Processors, 128 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon R9 280X		8886 points
GeForce GTX 570		4387 points
	Difference: 4499 (103%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 280X		21 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 570		13 Mh/s
	Difference: 8 (62%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 570		219 Watts
Radeon R9 280X		250 Watts
	Difference: 31 Watts (14%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 280X should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 570 in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 280X		288000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
	Difference: 136000 (89%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 280X will be much (about 148%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)

Radeon R9 280X		108800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 64880 (148%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 570 will be a small bit (more or less 8%) better at AA than the Radeon R9 280X, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		29280 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 280X		27200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2080 (8%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.