GeForce GTX Titan Black vs Radeon RX 470

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 470, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 926 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1650 MHz on this specific model. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 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.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon RX 470		11756 points
GeForce GTX Titan Black		11666 points
	Difference: 90 (1%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 470		120 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan Black		250 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (108%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX Titan Black should theoretically be quite a bit faster than the Radeon RX 470 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		336000 MB/sec
Radeon RX 470		211200 MB/sec
	Difference: 124800 (59%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan Black will be a lot (approximately 80%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 470. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		213360 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 470		118528 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 94832 (80%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX Titan Black is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		42672 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470		29632 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13040 (44%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.