GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X vs ATI Radeon HD 4770

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking846not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.37no data
Power efficiency2.02no data
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameRV740GP104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date28 April 2009 (15 years ago)18 October 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109 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 cores6401280
Core clock speed750 MHz1506 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1709 MHz
Number of transistors826 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate24.00136.7
Floating-point processing power0.96 TFLOPS4.375 TFLOPS
ROPs1648
TMUs3280

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 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length203 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount512 MB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1001 MHz
Memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s192.2 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.16.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA-6.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 April 2009 18 October 2018
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 6 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 120 Watt

ATI HD 4770 has 50% lower power consumption.

GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 4770 and GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB GDDR5X. We've got no test results to judge.


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