GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon HD 7770

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 7770, which features a core clock frequency of 1000 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1125 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 640 SPUs, 40 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

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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

GeForce GTX 1060		12359 points
Radeon HD 7770		3180 points
	Difference: 9179 (289%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 7770		80 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1060 is 173% faster than the Radeon HD 7770 overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
Radeon HD 7770		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 124608 (173%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be much (about 201%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 7770. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 7770		40000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 80480 (201%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be quite a bit (approximately 352%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 7770, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 7770		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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.