GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs GeForce GTX 470

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 470, which comes with a clock speed of 607 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 837 MHz. It also uses a 320-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 448 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 40 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.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
GeForce GTX 470		2937 points
	Difference: 9248 (315%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 470		215 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (79%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should in theory be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 470 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 470		133920 MB/sec
	Difference: 62688 (47%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB will be much (about 219%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 470. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		33992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 74440 (219%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		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 largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour 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 rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.