GeForce GTX 1080 vs Radeon RX 470 4GB

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 470 4GB, which has clock speeds of 926 MHz on the GPU, and 1650 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 Texture Address Units 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.

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1080		553 Sol/s
Radeon RX 470 4GB		270 Sol/s
	Difference: 283 (105%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470 4GB		27 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 1080		20 Mh/s
	Difference: 7 (35%)

Monero Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470 4GB		750 h/s
GeForce GTX 1080		475 h/s
	Difference: 275 (58%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 1080		180 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1080 should theoretically be much better than the Radeon RX 470 4GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		327680 MB/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		211200 MB/sec
	Difference: 116480 (55%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 is much (more or less 117%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon RX 470 4GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		257120 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		118528 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 138592 (117%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 is much (more or less 247%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 470 4GB, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		102848 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		29632 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 73216 (247%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better 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 per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core 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 is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.