GeForce GTX 1070 vs Radeon R9 285

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 285, which features a core clock frequency of 918 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1375 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 1792 SPUs, 112 TAUs, and 32 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 1070		18174 points
Radeon R9 285		8500 points
	Difference: 9674 (114%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
Radeon R9 285		190 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (27%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1070 should theoretically perform quite a bit faster than the Radeon R9 285 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
Radeon R9 285		176000 MB/sec
	Difference: 86144 (49%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 should be much (about 76%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R9 285. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 285		102816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 77904 (76%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 should be quite a bit (approximately 228%) better at FSAA than the Radeon R9 285, and capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 285		29376 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 67008 (228%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster 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 can be applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.