GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon R7 250X 2GB

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R7 250X 2GB, which features core clock speeds of 1000 MHz on the GPU, and 1125 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 640 SPUs along with 40 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 250X 2GB		95 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (26%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1060 is 173% faster than the Radeon R7 250X 2GB overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
Radeon R7 250X 2GB		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 124608 (173%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is a lot (more or less 201%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 250X 2GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 250X 2GB		40000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 80480 (201%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is quite a bit (about 352%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 250X 2GB, and should be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 250X 2GB		16000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 56288 (352%)

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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's 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 processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at 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. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.