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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop) 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 (Laptop)

• Around 63% higher core clock speed: 1506 MHz vs 926 MHz
• Around 42% higher boost clock speed: 1708 MHz vs 1206 MHz
• 872.4x better floating-point performance: 4,275 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs
• Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
• Around 21% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 6600 MHz
• Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8161 vs 7979
• Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12645 vs 9983
• Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3654 vs 2443
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 1674
• Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12645 vs 9983
• Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3654 vs 2443
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 1674
• 4.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3677 vs 835

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

• Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 154.4 GTexel / s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
• Around 60% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1280
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 16 nm
• Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 724 vs 444
• Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 33724 vs 31072
• Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1817.005 vs 1371.266
• Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.511 vs 8.49
• 5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 99.875 vs 19.803

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	8161 7979
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	444 724
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	31072 33724
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	111.55 111.543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1371.266 1817.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8.49 9.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	19.803 99.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	509.222 511.362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	12645 9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3654 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3359 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	12645 9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3654 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3359 1674
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	3677 835

Compare specifications (specs)