GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon HD 7850

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon HD 7850, which comes with GPU core speed of 860 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1200 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 1024 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, 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

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1060 should in theory be much better 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 is a lot (approximately 119%) better at 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 should be a lot (about 163%) more effective at AA than the Radeon HD 7850, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is calculated 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 video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.