GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon RX 570

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 570, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1168 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific card. It features 2048 SPUs along with 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

Radeon RX 570		12108 points
GeForce GTX 960		7627 points
	Difference: 4481 (59%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 570		298 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 960		154 Sol/s
	Difference: 144 (94%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 570		26 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 960		11 Mh/s
	Difference: 15 (136%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
Radeon RX 570		150 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (25%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 570 should be 105% faster than the GeForce GTX 960 in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 570		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 117376 (105%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 570 should be much (more or less 107%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 960. (explain)

Radeon RX 570		149504 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 77376 (107%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 570 should be a small bit (about 4%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 960, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 570		37376 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1312 (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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the 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 can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.