GeForce GTX 1070 vs Radeon R9 280X

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 280X, which has a GPU core clock speed of 850 MHz, and 3072 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1500 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also features 2048 Stream Processors, 128 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

Display Graphs

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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 280X		8886 points
	Difference: 9288 (105%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1070		436 Sol/s
Radeon R9 280X		294 Sol/s
	Difference: 142 (48%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
Radeon R9 280X		250 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon R9 280X should in theory be just a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 1070 in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 280X		288000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 25856 (10%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 will be quite a bit (approximately 66%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R9 280X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 280X		108800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 71920 (66%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 will be much (more or less 254%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon R9 280X, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 280X		27200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 69184 (254%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to 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 potential to get to the max fill rate.