GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs GeForce GTX 470

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 470, which features clock speeds of 607 MHz on the GPU, and 837 MHz on the 1280 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 448 SPUs along with 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

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB will be 47% quicker than the GeForce GTX 470 in general, because of its greater bandwidth. (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 quite a bit (approximately 219%) more effective at texture 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

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB will be quite a bit (approximately 198%) better at AA than the GeForce GTX 470, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (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 maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better 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 processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core 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 rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.