NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) vs AMD Radeon R9 M470X
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) and AMD Radeon R9 M470X 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 (Laptop)
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
- Around 51% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 1000 MHz
- Around 55% higher boost clock speed: 1708 MHz vs 1100 MHz
- 2.2x more texture fill rate: 133.6 GTexel / s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
- Around 43% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 896
- 2.2x better floating-point performance: 4,275 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
- Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 6000 MHz
- 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8161 vs 3244
- Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 444 vs 426
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 15 August 2016 vs 15 May 2016 |
| Core clock speed | 1506 MHz vs 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1708 MHz vs 1100 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 133.6 GTexel / s vs 61.6 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 1280 vs 896 |
| Floating-point performance | 4,275 gflops vs 1,971 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm vs 28 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 6 GB vs 4 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 8008 MHz vs 6000 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 8161 vs 3244 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 444 vs 426 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470X
- Around 94% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 57109 vs 29491
- Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 3654
- Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 3654
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 57109 vs 29491 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3715 vs 3654 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3715 vs 3654 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M470X
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) | AMD Radeon R9 M470X |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 8161 | 3244 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 444 | 426 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 29491 | 57109 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 111.55 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1371.266 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 8.49 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 19.803 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 509.222 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 12645 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3654 | 3715 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 | 3359 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 12645 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3654 | 3715 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 | 3359 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 3667 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) | AMD Radeon R9 M470X | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Pascal | GCN 2.0 |
| Code name | GP106B | Strato |
| Launch date | 15 August 2016 | 15 May 2016 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $237.11 | |
| Place in performance rating | 401 | 461 |
| Price now | $229.99 | |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 49.49 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1708 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1506 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 1280 | |
| Floating-point performance | 4,275 gflops | 1,971 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 28 nm |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 94 °C | |
| Pipelines | 1280 | 896 |
| Texture fill rate | 133.6 GTexel / s | 61.6 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt | |
| Transistor count | 4,400 million | 2,080 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI | No outputs |
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| Multi monitor support | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | large | large |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12.0 (12_0) |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 192 GB / s | 96 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 8008 MHz | 6000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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| Ansel | ||
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| DSR | ||
| GameStream | ||
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| Multi Monitor | ||
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| Surround | ||
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| VR Ready | ||
| DirectCompute 5.0 | ||
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