GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs Radeon RX 470

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 470, which features a core clock frequency of 926 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1650 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It is made up of 2048 SPUs, 128 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 470		120 Watts
GeForce RTX 2070 Super		215 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (79%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super should theoretically be quite a bit faster than the Radeon RX 470 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		458752 MB/sec
Radeon RX 470		211200 MB/sec
	Difference: 247552 (117%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super is a lot (approximately 117%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 470. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		256800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 470		118528 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 138272 (117%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2070 Super is superior to the Radeon RX 470, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070 Super		102720 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470		29632 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 73088 (247%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.