GeForce GTX 1080 vs Radeon RX 470 4GB

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 470 4GB, which has a GPU core clock speed of 926 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1650 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 2048 Stream Processors, 128 TAUs, and 32 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.

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

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1080 will be 55% faster than the Radeon RX 470 4GB in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 will be quite a bit (more or less 117%) faster with regards to 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

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1080 is a better choice, by far. (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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

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

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling 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. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. 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, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.