GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon RX 470 4GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 470 4GB, which has a core clock frequency of 926 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1650 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 2048 SPUs, 128 Texture Address Units, 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.

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470 4GB		270 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 960		154 Sol/s
	Difference: 116 (75%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470 4GB		27 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 960		11 Mh/s
	Difference: 16 (145%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 470 4GB will be 89% quicker than the GeForce GTX 960 overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		211200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 99200 (89%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 4GB should be a lot (approximately 64%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		118528 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 46400 (64%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 960 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		29632 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6432 (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 maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling 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 that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number 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 fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.