Radeon RX 470D vs GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking202not rated
Place by popularity28not in top-100
Value for money2.38no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGP106Ellesmere
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date18 August 2016 (7 years old)21 October 2016 (7 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data
Current price$1112 (5.6x MSRP)$201
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores11521792
Core clock speed1506 MHz926 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHz1206 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate123.0135.1
Floating-point performance3,935 gflops4,322 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length250 mm241 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 6-pin

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount3 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed8008 MHz6600 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s211.2 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDA6.1no data

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 18 August 2016 21 October 2016
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 14 nm

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
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