GeForce GTX 950 vs Radeon RX 470 4GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 470 4GB, which features a GPU core clock speed of 926 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1650 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 2048 SPUs, 128 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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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.

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470 4GB		27 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 950		10 Mh/s
	Difference: 17 (170%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470 4GB		270 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 950		155 Sol/s
	Difference: 115 (74%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950		90 Watts
Radeon RX 470 4GB		120 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 470 4GB should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 950 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		211200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950		105728 MB/sec
	Difference: 105472 (100%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 4GB should be quite a bit (about 141%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 950. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		118528 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 950		49152 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 69376 (141%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950 should be a bit (approximately 11%) better at AA than the Radeon RX 470 4GB, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		32768 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		29632 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3136 (11%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better 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 processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.