GeForce GTX 1070 vs Radeon R9 280X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 280X, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 850 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1500 MHz on this specific model. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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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

GeForce GTX 1070		18174 points
Radeon R9 280X		8886 points
	Difference: 9288 (105%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1070		436 Sol/s
Radeon R9 280X		294 Sol/s
	Difference: 142 (48%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
Radeon R9 280X		250 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 280X is 10% faster than the GeForce GTX 1070 in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon R9 280X		288000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 25856 (10%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 is a lot (approximately 66%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R9 280X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 280X		108800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 71920 (66%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1070 is superior to the Radeon R9 280X, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 280X		27200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 69184 (254%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.