GeForce GTX 1070 Ti vs Radeon RX 470 4GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 470 4GB, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 926 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1650 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2048 Stream Processors, 128 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		180 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti should perform a lot faster than the Radeon RX 470 4GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		262144 MB/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		211200 MB/sec
	Difference: 50944 (24%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is quite a bit (more or less 106%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon RX 470 4GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		244264 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		118528 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 125736 (106%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is superior to the Radeon RX 470 4GB, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		102848 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		29632 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 73216 (247%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant 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.