GeForce GTX 470 vs Radeon RX 560

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 560, which features a clock speed of 1175 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It features 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 560		80 Watts
GeForce GTX 470		215 Watts
	Difference: 135 Watts (169%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 470 should perform a little bit faster than the Radeon RX 560 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 470		133920 MB/sec
Radeon RX 560		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 19232 (17%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 560 should be quite a bit (more or less 121%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 470. (explain)

Radeon RX 560		75200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		33992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 41208 (121%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 470 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 470		24280 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 560		18800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5480 (29%)

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 information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, 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 most pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output 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 get to the maximum fill rate.