NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB vs AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB

Around 52% higher core clock speed: 1404 MHz vs 926 MHz
Around 38% higher boost clock speed: 1670 MHz vs 1206 MHz
872.4x better floating-point performance: 4,275 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 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 12021 vs 9983
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 12021 vs 9983
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5569 vs 2443
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5569 vs 2443
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 5034 vs 1674
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 5034 vs 1674

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1404 MHz vs 926 MHz
Boost clock speed	1670 MHz vs 1206 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,275 gflops vs 4.9 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 120 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 6600 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12021 vs 9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12021 vs 9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5569 vs 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5569 vs 2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	5034 vs 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	5034 vs 1674

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

Texture fill rate	154.4 GTexel / s vs 133.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 16 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12021

9983

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12021

9983

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5569

2443

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5569

2443

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5034

1674

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5034

1674

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	12021	9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	12021	9983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5569	2443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5569	2443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	5034	1674
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	5034	1674
PassMark - G3D Mark		7965
PassMark - G2D Mark		723
Geekbench - OpenCL		33787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		111.543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1817.005
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		9.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		99.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		511.362
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		842

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile 6 GB	AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 4.0
Code name	GP106	Ellesmere
Launch date	15 August 2016	4 August 2016
Place in performance rating	278	389
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Price now		$109.99
Value for money (0-100)		100.00
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1670 MHz	1206 MHz
Core clock speed	1404 MHz	926 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,275 gflops	4.9 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	1280	2048
Texture fill rate	133.6 GTexel / s	154.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	4,400 million	5,700 million
Compute units		32
GPU Power		85-110 Watt
Stream Processors		2048
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bridgeless CrossFire
Length		241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)		450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
Vulkan
DirectX		12
OpenCL		2.0
OpenGL		4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	211 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz	6600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0b
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore