GeForce GTX 1070 Ti vs Radeon R9 280X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 280X, which comes with core speeds of 850 MHz on the GPU, and 1500 MHz on the 3072 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 Texture Address Units 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

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		19808 points
Radeon R9 280X		8886 points
	Difference: 10922 (123%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		180 Watts
Radeon R9 280X		250 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (39%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R9 280X should be a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti should be quite a bit (more or less 125%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R9 280X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		244264 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 280X		108800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 135464 (125%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is a lot (about 278%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 280X, and will be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti		102848 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 280X		27200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 75648 (278%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If 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 are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics 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 amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.