GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon RX 470

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 470, which features core speeds of 926 MHz on the GPU, and 1650 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 2048 SPUs along with 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

Radeon RX 470		11756 points
GeForce GTX 960		7627 points
	Difference: 4129 (54%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470		289 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 960		154 Sol/s
	Difference: 135 (88%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470		26 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 960		11 Mh/s
	Difference: 15 (136%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 470 should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce GTX 960 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 470		211200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 99200 (89%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 is quite a bit (approximately 64%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)

Radeon RX 470		118528 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 46400 (64%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 will be much (more or less 22%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Radeon RX 470, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470		29632 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6432 (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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over 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 RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once 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 AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. 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 many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.