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Graphics card comparison

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB vs Radeon RX 470

Nvidia

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

3072 Mb GDDR5 Released 18 Aug 2016 DESKTOP
GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
AMD

Radeon RX 470

4096 Mb GDDR5 Released 29 Jun 2016 DESKTOP
Radeon RX 470

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB100%
  • Radeon RX 470101%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB103%
  • Radeon RX 470100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

  • Supports PhysX
  • Supports G-Sync
  • Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
  • Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
  • Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 470

  • Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
  • Supports FreeSync
  • Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
  • Supports TrueAudio
  • Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
No winner
Our verdict

No clear winner declared

These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (22 combinations of games and resolutions).

Specifications

Core configuration

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GBRadeon RX 470
GPU NameGP106 (GP106-300-A1)Ellesmere (Ellesmere PRO)
Fab Process16 nm14 nm
Die Size200 mm²232 mm²
Transistors4,400 million5,700 million
Shaders11522048
Compute Units932
Core clock1506 MHz926 MHz
ROPs4832
TMUs72128

Memory configuration

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GBRadeon RX 470
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR5
Bus Width192 bit256 bit
Memory Speed2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective		1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective
Memory Size3072 Mb4096 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GBRadeon RX 470
TDP120 watts120 watts
Release Date18 Aug 201629 Jun 2016

Raw performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB72.30 GP/s
  • Radeon RX 47038.60 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB108.40 GT/s
  • Radeon RX 470154.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB192.20 GB/s
  • Radeon RX 470211.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB3470.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon RX 4704940.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB16380
  • Radeon RX 47016690

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Ashes Of The Singularity

DX12, High Quality, 8m samples, 2xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB50
  • Radeon RX 47044

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB76
  • Radeon RX 47083

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB45
  • Radeon RX 47039

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB37
  • Radeon RX 47047

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB46
  • Radeon RX 47041

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB49
  • Radeon RX 47050

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB41
  • Radeon RX 47037

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Warhammer

DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB47
  • Radeon RX 47044

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB119
  • Radeon RX 470131

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB66
  • Radeon RX 47058

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB52
  • Radeon RX 47066

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB70
  • Radeon RX 47061

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest Detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB52
  • Radeon RX 47048

FPS (higher is better)

Thief 2014

DX11, Very High Details

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB82
  • Radeon RX 47068

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB58
  • Radeon RX 47052

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Warhammer

DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB68
  • Radeon RX 47065

FPS (higher is better)

Doom (2016)

Ultra, TSSAA 8tx, ASync on, Vsync off, VULKAN, Windows 10 x64

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB37
  • Radeon RX 47039

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry Primal

DX11, Very High Settings

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB22
  • Radeon RX 47021

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman (2016)

DX12, Ultra Quality, MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB22
  • Radeon RX 47025

FPS (higher is better)

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

DX12, Very High Details, Pure Hair On, HBAO+

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB17
  • Radeon RX 47021

FPS (higher is better)

Tom Clancy's The Division

DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB23
  • Radeon RX 47021

FPS (higher is better)

Total War: Warhammer

DX12, Max Detail, FXAA, 16:1 AF

  • GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB26
  • Radeon RX 47022

FPS (higher is better)

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