GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon RX 470

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 470, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 926 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 1650 MHz on this model. It features 2048 SPUs along with 128 TAUs 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 3GB		290 Sol/s
Radeon RX 470		289 Sol/s
	Difference: 1 (0%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470		26 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		19 Mh/s
	Difference: 7 (37%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
Radeon RX 470		11756 points
	Difference: 429 (4%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 470 should in theory be a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 will be a small bit (more or less 9%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be quite a bit (more or less 144%) better at AA than the Radeon RX 470, and will be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 470		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 largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of 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 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 a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.