GeForce GTX 470 vs GeForce GTX 980

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 980, which features core clock speeds of 1126 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2048 SPUs along with 128 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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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

GeForce GTX 980		13552 points
GeForce GTX 470		2937 points
	Difference: 10615 (361%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 980		165 Watts
GeForce GTX 470		215 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (30%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 980 should in theory perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 470 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		224000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 470		133920 MB/sec
	Difference: 90080 (67%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 should be a lot (about 324%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 470. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		144128 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		33992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 110136 (324%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 is a lot (more or less 197%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 470, and able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		72064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		24280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 47784 (197%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.