GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon RX 470

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 470, which has a GPU core clock speed of 926 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1650 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2048 Stream Processors, 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

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 470 should in theory be just a bit superior to 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 a small bit (more or less 2%) more effective at anisotropic filtering 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 (approximately 144%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 470, and able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (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 maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.