GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon R9 Nano

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 Nano, which comes with a clock speed of 1000 MHz and a HBM memory speed of 500 MHz. It also uses a 4096-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 4096 SPUs, 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

The Radeon R9 Nano, in theory, should perform quite a bit faster 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 will be quite a bit (more or less 112%) better at AF 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 bit (more or less 13%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon R9 Nano, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (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 maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

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