GeForce GTX 570 vs Radeon RX 480 4GB

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 480 4GB, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1120 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this model. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 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.

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Radeon RX 480 4GB		25 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 570		13 Mh/s
	Difference: 12 (92%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		150 Watts
GeForce GTX 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 69 Watts (46%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 480 4GB should in theory perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 570 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
	Difference: 77376 (51%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 4GB should be much (approximately 267%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		161280 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 117360 (267%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 480 4GB is a better choice, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		35840 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6560 (22%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at 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 the video card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.