GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon RX 470

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 470, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 926 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 1650 MHz on this model. It features 2048 SPUs along with 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 980		13552 points
Radeon RX 470		11756 points
	Difference: 1796 (15%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470		26 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 980		20 Mh/s
	Difference: 6 (30%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 980		408 Sol/s
Radeon RX 470		289 Sol/s
	Difference: 119 (41%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 470		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 980		165 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (38%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 980 should perform a small bit faster than the Radeon RX 470 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		224000 MB/sec
Radeon RX 470		211200 MB/sec
	Difference: 12800 (6%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 should be quite a bit (about 22%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 470. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		144128 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 470		118528 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 25600 (22%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 should be a lot (more or less 143%) more effective at AA than the Radeon RX 470, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		72064 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470		29632 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 42432 (143%)

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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock 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 processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock 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 rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.