NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 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 Max-Q

• Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
• Around 15% higher core clock speed: 1063 MHz vs 926 MHz
• Around 23% higher boost clock speed: 1480 MHz vs 1206 MHz
• 773.3x better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs
• Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 120 Watt
• Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
• Around 21% higher memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 6600 MHz
• Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 147.271 vs 111.543
• Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12767 vs 9983
• Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3712 vs 2443
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 1674
• Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12767 vs 9983
• Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3712 vs 2443
• 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 1674

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

• Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 154.4 GTexel / s vs 118.4 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 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8022 vs 7901
• Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 728 vs 413
• Around 24% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34588 vs 27871
• Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1817.005 vs 1681.162
• Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 9.511 vs 8.754
• Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 99.875 vs 98.592
• Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 511.362 vs 416.14
• Around 12% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3699 vs 3316

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	7901 8022
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	413 728
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	27871 34588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	147.271 111.543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1681.162 1817.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	8.754 9.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	98.592 99.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	416.14 511.362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	12767 9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3712 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3359 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	12767 9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3712 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3359 1674
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	3316 3699

Compare specifications (specs)