GeForce GTX Titan X vs Radeon RX 470 4GB

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 470 4GB, which comes with clock speeds of 926 MHz on the GPU, and 1650 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		120 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan X		250 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (108%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX Titan X is 59% quicker than the Radeon RX 470 4GB in general, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		336000 MB/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		211200 MB/sec
	Difference: 124800 (59%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan X should be much (about 62%) better at AF than the Radeon RX 470 4GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		192000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		118528 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 73472 (62%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX Titan X is superior to the Radeon RX 470 4GB, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		96000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		29632 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 66368 (224%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of 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 this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

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