Geforce GTX 680 vs Radeon RX 570

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 570, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1168 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a speed of 1750 MHz on this 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 680		7650 points
	Difference: 4458 (58%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 570		26 Mh/s
Geforce GTX 680		16 Mh/s
	Difference: 10 (63%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 570		150 Watts
Geforce GTX 680		195 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (30%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 570 should theoretically be a little bit faster than the Geforce GTX 680 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 570		229376 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 680		192256 MB/sec
	Difference: 37120 (19%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 570 should be a small bit (approximately 16%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Geforce GTX 680. (explain)

Radeon RX 570		149504 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 680		128768 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 20736 (16%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 570 is the winner, but only just. (explain)

Radeon RX 570		37376 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 680		32192 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5184 (16%)

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 information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a 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 better the bandwidth is, the better 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

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