GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon R9 295X2

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 295X2, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1018 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a speed of 1250 MHz on this particular card. It features 2816 SPUs along with 176 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator 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.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon R9 295X2		21205 points
GeForce GTX 1060		12359 points
	Difference: 8846 (72%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
Radeon R9 295X2		500 Watts
	Difference: 380 Watts (317%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 295X2, in theory, should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		640000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 443392 (226%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 295X2 should be much (more or less 197%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		358336 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 237856 (197%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 295X2 should be quite a bit (approximately 80%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1060, and also capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		130304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 58016 (80%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at 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 chip can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.