GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon RX 470 4GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 470 4GB, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 926 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a speed of 1650 MHz on this specific model. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs 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 3GB		290 Sol/s
Radeon RX 470 4GB		270 Sol/s
	Difference: 20 (7%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470 4GB		27 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		19 Mh/s
	Difference: 8 (42%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 470 4GB should theoretically be just a bit better than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		211200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 14592 (7%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 4GB is a bit (more or less 9%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		118528 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 10096 (9%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		29632 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 42656 (144%)

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

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core 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 processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.