Radeon RX 470 vs GeForce GTX 780
Summary
Radeon RX 470
121%
GeForce GTX 780
100%
Relative performance
Radeon RX 470
112%
GeForce GTX 780
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends 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).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 470 | | GeForce GTX 780 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Ellesmere (Ellesmere PRO) | vs | GK110 (GK110-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | vs | 561 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,700 million | vs | 7,080 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | vs | 2304 |
| Compute Units | 32 | vs | 12 |
| Core clock | 926 MHz | vs | 863 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 48 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 192 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 470 | | GeForce GTX 780 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective | vs | 1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 470 | | GeForce GTX 780 | |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 29 Jun 2016 | vs | 23 May 2013 |
Radeon RX 470
38.60 GP/s
GeForce GTX 780
41.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 470
154.40 GT/s
GeForce GTX 780
166.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 470
211.20 GB/s
GeForce GTX 780
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 470
4940.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 780
3977.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon RX 470
16690
GeForce GTX 780
13770
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
Radeon RX 470
53
GeForce GTX 780
52
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 470
76
GeForce GTX 780
68
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 470
49
GeForce GTX 780
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
Radeon RX 470
68
GeForce GTX 780
57
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait
Radeon RX 470
36
GeForce GTX 780
36
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 470
51
GeForce GTX 780
47
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 470
36
GeForce GTX 780
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Very High Details
Radeon RX 470
50
GeForce GTX 780
43
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon RX 470
25
GeForce GTX 780
24
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 470
22
GeForce GTX 780
19
FPS (higher is better)