AMD Radeon RX 470 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Ellesmere | GP106 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Polaris 10 PRO (215-0876204) | GP106-400-A1 |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Pascal |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 14 nm | 16 nm |
| Number of transistors | 5,700 million | 4,400 million |
| Die size | 232 mm² | 200 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Aug 4th, 2016 | Jan 5th, 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Arctic Islands | GeForce 10 |
| Production | Active | End-of-life |
| Launch price | 179 USD | 299 USD |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 46 in our database | 117 in our database |
| Predecessor | Pirate Islands | GeForce 900 |
| Successor | Polaris | GeForce 20 |
Clocks
| Base clock | 926 MHz | 1506 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Boost clock | 1206 MHz | 1709 MHz |
| Memory clock | 1650 MHz 6.6 Gbps effective | 2002 MHz 8 Gbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 4 GB | 6 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 192 bit |
| Bandwidth | 211.2 GB/s | 192.2 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 2048 | 1280 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 128 | 80 |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| Compute units | 32 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 48 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 2 MB | 1536 KB |
| SM count | — | 10 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 38.59 GPixel/s | 82.03 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 154.4 GTexel/s | 136.7 GTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | 4.940 TFLOPS (1:1) | 68.36 GFLOPS (1:64) |
| FP32 (float) performance | 4.940 TFLOPS | 4.375 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 308.7 GFLOPS (1:16) | 136.7 GFLOPS (1:32) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 240 mm 9.4 inches | 250 mm 9.8 inches |
| Width | 95 mm 3.7 inches | — |
| Height | 35 mm 1.4 inches | — |
| TDP | 120 W | 120 W |
| Suggested PSU | 300 W | 300 W |
| Outputs | 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort | 1x DVI1x HDMI3x DisplayPort |
| Power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Board number | C940, D000-03, D009-07 | PG410 SKU 31 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (12_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Shader model | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| CUDA | — | 6.1 |
