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GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon RX 480 4GB

Intro

The GeForce GTX 1060 uses a 16 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1506 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 2000 MHz on this particular model. It features 1280 SPUs along with 80 Texture Address Units and 48 ROPs.

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 480 4GB, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1120 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this model. It features 2304 SPUs along with 144 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

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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.

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1060		311 Sol/s
Radeon RX 480 4GB		267 Sol/s
	Difference: 44 (16%)

Monero Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 480 4GB		800 h/s
GeForce GTX 1060		430 h/s
	Difference: 370 (86%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
Radeon RX 480 4GB		150 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (25%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 480 4GB should be a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 32768 (17%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 4GB is a lot (about 34%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		161280 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 40800 (34%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be quite a bit (approximately 102%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 480 4GB, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 480 4GB		35840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 36448 (102%)

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

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Model	GeForce GTX 1060	Radeon RX 480 4GB
Manufacturer	nVidia	AMD
Year	July 2016	June 2016
Code Name	GP106-400	Polaris 10
Memory	6144 MB	4096 MB
Core Speed	1506 MHz	1120 MHz
Memory Speed	8000 MHz	7000 MHz
Power (Max TDP)	120 watts	150 watts
Bandwidth	196608 MB/sec	229376 MB/sec
Texel Rate	120480 Mtexels/sec	161280 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate	72288 Mpixels/sec	35840 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders	1280	2304
Texture Mapping Units	80	144
Render Output Units	48	32
Bus Type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Bus Width	192-bit	256-bit
Fab Process	16 nm	14 nm
Transistors	4400 million	5700 million
Bus	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version	DirectX 12.0	DirectX 12.0
OpenGL Version	OpenGL 4.5	OpenGL 4.5

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock 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 many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.

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