GeForce GTX 570 vs Radeon RX 470 4GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 470 4GB, which comes with a core clock frequency of 926 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1650 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 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.

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Radeon RX 470 4GB		27 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 570		13 Mh/s
	Difference: 14 (108%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 99 Watts (83%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 470 4GB should in theory be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 570 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		211200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
	Difference: 59200 (39%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 4GB will be a lot (approximately 170%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		118528 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 74608 (170%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 4GB is a small bit (approximately 1%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 570, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		29632 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		29280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 352 (1%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over 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 memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.