GeForce GTX 570 vs GeForce GTX 980

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 980, which comes with a core clock speed of 1126 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 2048 SPUs, 128 TAUs, and 64 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.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 980		13552 points
GeForce GTX 570		4387 points
	Difference: 9165 (209%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 980		20 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 570		13 Mh/s
	Difference: 7 (54%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 980		165 Watts
GeForce GTX 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 54 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 980 should in theory be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 570 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		224000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
	Difference: 72000 (47%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 is much (approximately 228%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		144128 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 100208 (228%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 980 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		72064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 42784 (146%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 can be applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. 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 output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.