GeForce GTX 470 vs Radeon RX 580

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 580, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1257 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 2000 MHz on this specific card. It features 2304 SPUs along with 144 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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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 580		13630 points
GeForce GTX 470		2937 points
	Difference: 10693 (364%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 580		185 Watts
GeForce GTX 470		215 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (16%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 580 should theoretically be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 470 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 580		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 470		133920 MB/sec
	Difference: 128224 (96%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 580 will be much (approximately 433%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 470. (explain)

Radeon RX 580		181008 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		33992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 147016 (433%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 580 is superior to the GeForce GTX 470, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 580		40224 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		24280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15944 (66%)

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 transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.