GeForce GTX 470 vs Radeon RX 470

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 470, which has a clock frequency of 926 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1650 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 2048 SPUs, 128 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation 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 470		2937 points
	Difference: 8819 (300%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 470		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 470		215 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (79%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 470 should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 470 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 470		211200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 470		133920 MB/sec
	Difference: 77280 (58%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 will be much (more or less 249%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 470. (explain)

Radeon RX 470		118528 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		33992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 84536 (249%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 470 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 470		29632 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		24280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5352 (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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock 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 processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs 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 memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.