GeForce GTX 970 vs Radeon RX 470 4GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 470 4GB, which features a clock speed of 926 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1650 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 2048 SPUs, 128 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation 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.

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470 4GB		270 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 970		262 Sol/s
	Difference: 8 (3%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470 4GB		27 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 970		19 Mh/s
	Difference: 8 (42%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 970		145 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (21%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 970 should be just a bit faster than the Radeon RX 470 4GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970		224000 MB/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		211200 MB/sec
	Difference: 12800 (6%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 4GB should be a small bit (more or less 9%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 970. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		118528 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 970		109200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 9328 (9%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 970 should be much (approximately 127%) more effective at FSAA than the Radeon RX 470 4GB, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970		67200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		29632 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 37568 (127%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus 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 card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics 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 number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.