Radeon RX 480 4GB vs Radeon RX 570

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 570, which features a core clock speed of 1168 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of 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.

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 570		298 Sol/s
Radeon RX 480 4GB		267 Sol/s
	Difference: 31 (12%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 570		26 Mh/s
Radeon RX 480 4GB		25 Mh/s
	Difference: 1 (4%)

Monero Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 480 4GB		800 h/s
Radeon RX 570		600 h/s
	Difference: 200 (33%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

Both cards have exactly the same memory bandwidth, so in theory they should have the same performance. (explain)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 4GB is a small bit (about 8%) better at AF than the Radeon RX 570. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		161280 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 570		149504 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 11776 (8%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 570 is superior to the Radeon RX 480 4GB, but only just. (explain)

Radeon RX 570		37376 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 480 4GB		35840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1536 (4%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.