Geforce GTX 670 vs Radeon RX 480 4GB

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 480 4GB, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1120 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific card. It features 2304 SPUs along with 144 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator 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.

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Radeon RX 480 4GB		25 Mh/s
Geforce GTX 670		13 Mh/s
	Difference: 12 (92%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		150 Watts
Geforce GTX 670		170 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (13%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 480 4GB should be a bit faster than the Geforce GTX 670 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		229376 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 670		192000 MB/sec
	Difference: 37376 (19%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 4GB will be a lot (more or less 57%) more effective at AF than the Geforce GTX 670. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		161280 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 670		102480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 58800 (57%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 480 4GB is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		35840 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 670		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6560 (22%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's 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 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 higher this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.