GeForce GTX 1070 vs Radeon RX 470

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 470, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 926 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1650 MHz on this particular model. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 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.

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

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1070 will be 24% quicker than the Radeon RX 470 overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 is a lot (more or less 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 should be much (approximately 225%) better at FSAA than the Radeon RX 470, and also 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 largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported 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 type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the 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 in one 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core 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 output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.