GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon RX 470 4GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 470 4GB, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 926 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a speed of 1650 MHz on this model. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 Texture Address Units 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.

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470 4GB		27 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 980		20 Mh/s
	Difference: 7 (35%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 980		408 Sol/s
Radeon RX 470 4GB		270 Sol/s
	Difference: 138 (51%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 980		165 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (38%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 980, in theory, should be a little bit faster than the Radeon RX 470 4GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		224000 MB/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		211200 MB/sec
	Difference: 12800 (6%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 will be quite a bit (about 22%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 470 4GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		144128 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		118528 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 25600 (22%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 will be quite a bit (about 143%) better at FSAA than the Radeon RX 470 4GB, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		72064 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		29632 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 42432 (143%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could 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 colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.