Graphics card comparison
Radeon RX 470 vs GeForce GTX 780
AMD
Radeon RX 470
4096 Mb GDDR5
Released 29 Jun 2016
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VS
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 780
3072 Mb GDDR5
Released 23 May 2013
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- Radeon RX 470121%
- GeForce GTX 780100%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- Radeon RX 470112%
- GeForce GTX 780100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 470
- 12% higher gaming performance.
- 130 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 780 .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports TrueAudio
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 780
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the Radeon RX 470
The Radeon RX 470 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (10 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon RX 470 | GeForce GTX 780 |
|---|
| GPU Name | Ellesmere (Ellesmere PRO) | GK110 (GK110-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 561 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,700 million | 7,080 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | 2304 |
| Compute Units | 32 | 12 |
| Core clock | 926 MHz | 863 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| TMUs | 128 | 192 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon RX 470 | GeForce GTX 780 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 470 | GeForce GTX 780 |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 29 Jun 2016 | 23 May 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon RX 47038.60 GP/s
- GeForce GTX 78041.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon RX 470154.40 GT/s
- GeForce GTX 780166.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon RX 470211.20 GB/s
- GeForce GTX 780288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon RX 4704940.00 GFLOPs
- GeForce GTX 7803977.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- Radeon RX 47016690
- GeForce GTX 78013770
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Battlefield Hardline
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
- Radeon RX 47053
- GeForce GTX 78052
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- Radeon RX 47076
- GeForce GTX 78068
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- Radeon RX 47049
- GeForce GTX 78039
FPS (higher is better)
Thief 2014
DX11, Very High Details
- Radeon RX 47068
- GeForce GTX 78057
FPS (higher is better)
Battlefield Hardline
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
- Radeon RX 47036
- GeForce GTX 78036
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- Radeon RX 47051
- GeForce GTX 78047
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- Radeon RX 47036
- GeForce GTX 78029
FPS (higher is better)
Thief 2014
DX11, Very High Details
- Radeon RX 47050
- GeForce GTX 78043
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
- Radeon RX 47025
- GeForce GTX 78024
FPS (higher is better)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
- Radeon RX 47022
- GeForce GTX 78019
FPS (higher is better)