GeForce GTX 1070 vs Radeon R9 290

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 290, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 800 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1250 MHz on this model. It features 2560 SPUs along with 160 TAUs and 64 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		18174 points
Radeon R9 290		9876 points
	Difference: 8298 (84%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1070		436 Sol/s
Radeon R9 290		283 Sol/s
	Difference: 153 (54%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
Radeon R9 290		300 Watts
	Difference: 150 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 290 should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1070 in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 290		320000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
	Difference: 57856 (22%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 will be quite a bit (approximately 41%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R9 290. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 290		128000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 52720 (41%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1070 is superior to the Radeon R9 290, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 290		51200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 45184 (88%)

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 in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.