Radeon RX 480 4GB vs Radeon RX 570

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 570, which comes with core speeds of 1168 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 Texture Address Units 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.

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 570		298 Sol/s
Radeon RX 480 4GB		267 Sol/s
	Difference: 31 (12%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 570		26 Mh/s
Radeon RX 480 4GB		25 Mh/s
	Difference: 1 (4%)

Monero Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 480 4GB		800 h/s
Radeon RX 570		600 h/s
	Difference: 200 (33%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

Both cards have the exact same memory bandwidth, so in theory they should perform exactly the same. (explain)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 4GB should be just a bit (about 8%) better at AF than the Radeon RX 570. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		161280 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 570		149504 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 11776 (8%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 570 is superior to the Radeon RX 480 4GB, though not by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 570		37376 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 480 4GB		35840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1536 (4%)

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 max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that 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 - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.