GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon RX 470

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 470, which features a core clock frequency of 926 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1650 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It is made up of 2048 SPUs, 128 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation 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		289 Sol/s
	Difference: 22 (8%)

Monero Mining Hash Rate

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

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060		12359 points
Radeon RX 470		11756 points
	Difference: 603 (5%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 470, in theory, should be a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is just a bit (approximately 2%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon RX 470. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is much (more or less 144%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon RX 470, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		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 max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.