GeForce GTX 1070 vs Radeon R9 280X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 280X, which features core speeds of 850 MHz on the GPU, and 1500 MHz on the 3072 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator 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 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 theoretically be a small 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 is much (about 66%) faster with regards to AF 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 is quite a bit (more or less 254%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 280X, and capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (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 max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core 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 one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can 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 colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.