GeForce GTX 560 vs Radeon RX 470

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 470, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 926 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a speed of 1650 MHz on this model. It features 2048 SPUs along with 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.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon RX 470		11756 points
GeForce GTX 560		3030 points
	Difference: 8726 (288%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 470		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 560		150 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (25%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 470 should in theory perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 560 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 470		211200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
	Difference: 83072 (65%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 is much (more or less 161%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 560. (explain)

Radeon RX 470		118528 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 73168 (161%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 470 is a better choice, but it probably won't make a huge difference. (explain)

Radeon RX 470		29632 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3712 (14%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, 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 texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill 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 ability to reach the maximum fill rate.