GeForce RTX 3070 Ti vs Radeon HD 3470 256MB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 3470 256MB, which comes with a core clock frequency of 800 MHz and a DDR2 memory frequency of 950 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 55 nm design. It is comprised of 40(8x5) SPUs, 4 TAUs, and 4 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti should be 1949% faster than the Radeon HD 3470 256MB overall, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		622899 MB/sec
Radeon HD 3470 256MB		30400 MB/sec
	Difference: 592499 (1949%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti should be a lot (approximately 9350%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 3470 256MB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		302400 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 3470 256MB		3200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 299200 (9350%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti will be quite a bit (approximately 4625%) better at FSAA than the Radeon HD 3470 256MB, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		151200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 3470 256MB		3200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 148000 (4625%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. 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 applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.