GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon R9 Nano

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 Nano, which comes with GPU clock speed of 1000 MHz, and 4096 MB of HBM RAM running at 500 MHz through a 4096-bit bus. It also features 4096 Stream Processors, 256 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 Nano		402 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 1060		311 Sol/s
	Difference: 91 (29%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon R9 Nano		14918 points
GeForce GTX 1060		12359 points
	Difference: 2559 (21%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
Radeon R9 Nano		175 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (46%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon R9 Nano should in theory be much better than the GeForce GTX 1060 overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 Nano		512000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 315392 (160%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 Nano is quite a bit (more or less 112%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

Radeon R9 Nano		256000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 135520 (112%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is a small bit (about 13%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 Nano, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 Nano		64000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8288 (13%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.