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GeForce GTX 1080 vs Radeon RX 470

Intro

The GeForce GTX 1080 features clock speeds of 1607 MHz on the GPU, and 1251 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR5X memory. It features 2560 SPUs along with 160 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 470, which has core speeds of 926 MHz on the GPU, and 1650 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 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.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1080 21942 points
Radeon RX 470 11756 points
Difference: 10186 (87%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1080 553 Sol/s
Radeon RX 470 289 Sol/s
Difference: 264 (91%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470 26 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 1080 20 Mh/s
Difference: 6 (30%)

Monero Mining Hash Rate

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

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1080 is 55% quicker than the Radeon RX 470 in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 is quite a bit (approximately 117%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon RX 470. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 is quite a bit (more or less 247%) better at AA than the Radeon RX 470, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080 102848 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470 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

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GeForce GTX 1080

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 1080 Radeon RX 470
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year May 2016 August 2016
Code Name GP104-400 Polaris 10
Memory 8192 MB 8192 MB
Core Speed 1607 MHz 926 MHz
Memory Speed 10008 MHz 6600 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 180 watts 120 watts
Bandwidth 327680 MB/sec 211200 MB/sec
Texel Rate 257120 Mtexels/sec 118528 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 102848 Mpixels/sec 29632 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 2560 2048
Texture Mapping Units 160 128
Render Output Units 64 32
Bus Type GDDR5X GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 16 nm 14 nm
Transistors 7200 million 5700 million
Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 12.0 DirectX 12.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.5

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 are processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.

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GeForce GTX 1080

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Radeon RX 470

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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.

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