NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB and AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

• Around 63% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 926 MHz
• Around 42% higher boost clock speed: 1708 MHz vs 1206 MHz
• 803.1x better floating-point performance: 3,935 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs
• Around 21% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 6600 MHz
• Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9758 vs 8022
• Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 777 vs 728
• Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 115.073 vs 111.543
• Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10566 vs 9983
• Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3697 vs 2443
• Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3338 vs 1674
• Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10566 vs 9983
• Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3697 vs 2443
• Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3338 vs 1674
• Around 4% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3844 vs 3699

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

• Around 26% higher texture fill rate: 154.4 GTexel / s vs 123.0 GTexel / s
• Around 78% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1152
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
• Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
• Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34588 vs 31449
• Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1817.005 vs 1325.07
• Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.511 vs 8.057
• 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 99.875 vs 31.946
• Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 511.362 vs 425.709

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	9758 8022
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	777 728
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	31449 34588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	115.073 111.543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1325.07 1817.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8.057 9.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	31.946 99.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	425.709 511.362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	10566 9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3697 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3338 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	10566 9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3697 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3338 1674
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	3844 3699

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