GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon RX 470 4GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 470 4GB, which features core clock speeds of 926 MHz on the GPU, and 1650 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 2048 SPUs along with 128 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator 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.

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1060		311 Sol/s
Radeon RX 470 4GB		270 Sol/s
	Difference: 41 (15%)

Monero Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470 4GB		750 h/s
GeForce GTX 1060		430 h/s
	Difference: 320 (74%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 470 4GB will be 7% faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be a small bit (approximately 2%) more effective at AF than the Radeon RX 470 4GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 470 4GB		118528 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 1952 (2%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 is superior to the Radeon RX 470 4GB, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number 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 graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.