Radeon RX 470 4GB vs Radeon RX 560

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 560, which has core clock speeds of 1175 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 560		80 Watts
Radeon RX 470 4GB		120 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 470 4GB should perform quite a bit faster than the Radeon RX 560 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		211200 MB/sec
Radeon RX 560		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 96512 (84%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 4GB is much (about 58%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon RX 560. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		118528 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 560		75200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 43328 (58%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 4GB should be quite a bit (approximately 58%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 560, and should be able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		29632 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 560		18800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 10832 (58%)

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 information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result 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 anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.