GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon HD 7850

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 7850, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 860 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1200 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1024 Stream Processors, 64 TAUs, and 32 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

GeForce GTX 1060		311 Sol/s
Radeon HD 7850		171 Sol/s
	Difference: 140 (82%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060		12359 points
Radeon HD 7850		5200 points
	Difference: 7159 (138%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
Radeon HD 7850		130 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (8%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1060, in theory, should perform much faster than the Radeon HD 7850 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
Radeon HD 7850		153600 MB/sec
	Difference: 43008 (28%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be quite a bit (more or less 119%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon HD 7850. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 7850		55040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 65440 (119%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be quite a bit (about 163%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 7850, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 7850		27520 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 44768 (163%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher 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 maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. 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 many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.