GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs Radeon RX 470

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 470, which has core clock speeds of 926 MHz on the GPU, and 1650 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 470		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 2070 Super		215 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (79%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce RTX 2070 Super should be quite a bit faster than the Radeon RX 470 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		458752 MB/sec
Radeon RX 470		211200 MB/sec
	Difference: 247552 (117%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super will be a lot (about 117%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 470. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		256800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 470		118528 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 138272 (117%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2070 Super is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		102720 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470		29632 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 73088 (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 max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total 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 handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core 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 many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.