GeForce GTX 1070 vs Radeon RX 470

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 470, which features clock speeds of 926 MHz on the GPU, and 1650 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs 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.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1070		18174 points
Radeon RX 470		11756 points
	Difference: 6418 (55%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1070		436 Sol/s
Radeon RX 470		289 Sol/s
	Difference: 147 (51%)

Monero Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470		750 h/s
GeForce GTX 1070		475 h/s
	Difference: 275 (58%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 470		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (25%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1070 should be 24% faster than the Radeon RX 470 in general, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
Radeon RX 470		211200 MB/sec
	Difference: 50944 (24%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 will be a lot (about 52%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon RX 470. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 470		118528 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 62192 (52%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 is quite a bit (approximately 225%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 470, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470		29632 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 66752 (225%)

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 max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once 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 anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. 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, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.