GeForce GTX 1060 vs GeForce GTX 470

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 470, which comes with a clock speed of 607 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 837 MHz. It also features a 320-bit bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It features 448 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 40 Raster Operation 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 1060		12359 points
GeForce GTX 470		2937 points
	Difference: 9422 (321%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 470		215 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (79%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1060, in theory, should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 470 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 470		133920 MB/sec
	Difference: 62688 (47%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be much (more or less 254%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 470. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		33992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 86488 (254%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be much (more or less 198%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 470, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		24280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 48008 (198%)

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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling 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 that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.