Radeon RX 470 4GB vs Radeon RX 570

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 570, which features core speeds of 1168 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 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.

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 570		298 Sol/s
Radeon RX 470 4GB		270 Sol/s
	Difference: 28 (10%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470 4GB		27 Mh/s
Radeon RX 570		26 Mh/s
	Difference: 1 (4%)

Monero Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470 4GB		750 h/s
Radeon RX 570		600 h/s
	Difference: 150 (25%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		120 Watts
Radeon RX 570		150 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (25%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 570 should theoretically be a small bit superior to the Radeon RX 470 4GB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 570		229376 MB/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		211200 MB/sec
	Difference: 18176 (9%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 570 should be quite a bit (about 26%) more effective at AF than the Radeon RX 470 4GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 570		149504 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		118528 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 30976 (26%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 570 should be quite a bit (approximately 26%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 470 4GB, and should be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 570		37376 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		29632 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 7744 (26%)

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 information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at 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 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 ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.