GeForce GTX 1070 vs GeForce GTX 570

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 570, which features GPU core speed of 732 MHz, and 1280 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 950 MHz through a 320-bit bus. It also is comprised of 480 SPUs, 60 TAUs, and 40 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
GeForce GTX 570		4387 points
	Difference: 13787 (314%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
GeForce GTX 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 69 Watts (46%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1070 should in theory perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 570 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
	Difference: 110144 (72%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 is quite a bit (more or less 311%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 136800 (311%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1070 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 67104 (229%)

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 data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.