Radeon RX 470 vs GeForce GTX TITAN

Radeon RX 470
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 29 Jun 2016
Radeon RX 470
GeForce GTX TITAN
Memory: 6144Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 19 Feb 2013
GeForce GTX TITAN

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Radeon RX 470
    117%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    100%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 470
    109%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 470

9% 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 TITAN .
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 TITAN

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon RX 470

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 470

The Radeon RX 470 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (22 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 470GeForce GTX TITAN
GPU NameEllesmere (Ellesmere PRO)vsGK110 (GK110-400-A1)
Fab Process14 nmvs28 nm
Die Size232 mm²vs561 mm²
Transistors5,700 millionvs7,080 million
Shaders2048vs2688
Compute Units32vs14
Core clock926 MHzvs836 MHz
ROPs32vs48
TMUs128vs224

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 470GeForce GTX TITAN
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs384 bit
Memory Speed1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective
vs1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs6144 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 470GeForce GTX TITAN
TDP120 wattsvs250 watts
Release Date29 Jun 2016vs19 Feb 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 470
    38.60 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    46.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 470
    154.40 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    187.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 470
    211.20 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    288.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 470
    4940.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    4494.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • Radeon RX 470
    16690
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    14150

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • Radeon RX 470
    51
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    58

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • Radeon RX 470
    53
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    55

FPS (higher is better)

Dishonored 2

Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 470
    46
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    41

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • Radeon RX 470
    76
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    71

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • Radeon RX 470
    66
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    42

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 470
    63
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    57

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 470
    49
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    40

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • Radeon RX 470
    68
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    59

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • Radeon RX 470
    32
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    39

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • Radeon RX 470
    36
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    41

FPS (higher is better)

Dishonored 2

Ultra Quality,DX11, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 470
    32
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    31

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • Radeon RX 470
    51
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    50

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • Radeon RX 470
    47
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    31

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 470
    44
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    38

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 470
    36
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    30

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • Radeon RX 470
    50
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    45

FPS (higher is better)

Anno 2205

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xAA

  • Radeon RX 470
    19
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    23

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA,EP3 Gator Bait

  • Radeon RX 470
    15
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    21

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA

  • Radeon RX 470
    25
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    25

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • Radeon RX 470
    25
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    17

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

Very High Details, Pure Hair On, FXAA/HBAO+ enabled, 16x AF, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 470
    21
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    20

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 470
    22
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    19

FPS (higher is better)