GeForce GTX 1070 vs Radeon R9 290X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 290X, which features GPU clock speed of 800 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1250 MHz through a 512-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2816 SPUs, 176 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 1070		18174 points
Radeon R9 290X		10609 points
	Difference: 7565 (71%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1070		436 Sol/s
Radeon R9 290X		369 Sol/s
	Difference: 67 (18%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
Radeon R9 290X		300 Watts
	Difference: 150 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon R9 290X should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1070 overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 290X		320000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 57856 (22%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 is a lot (more or less 28%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R9 290X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 290X		140800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 39920 (28%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1070 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 290X		51200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 45184 (88%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.