GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon RX 570

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 570, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1168 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this particular model. 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

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, the Radeon RX 570 should perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 960 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 570 is a lot (approximately 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%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 960, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.