GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104 vs Radeon RX 470

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking261not rated
Place by popularity47not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation17.88no data
Power efficiency11.99no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameEllesmereGP104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date4 August 2016 (8 years ago)8 March 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$179 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores20481280
Core clock speed926 MHz1506 MHz
Boost clock speed1206 MHz1708 MHz
Number of transistors5,700 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate154.4136.6
Floating-point processing power4.94 TFLOPS4.372 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs12880

Form factor & 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
Length241 mm250 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

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 amount4 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1650 MHz2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth211.2 GB/s192.2 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI++

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 August 2016 8 March 2018
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 16 nm

RX 470 has a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

GTX 1060 6 GB GP104, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 470 and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GP104. We've got no test results to judge.


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