GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon HD 7950 3GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 7950 3GB, which has a clock frequency of 800 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1250 MHz. It also features a 384-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 1792 SPUs, 112 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.

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GeForce GTX 1060		311 Sol/s
Radeon HD 7950 3GB		229 Sol/s
	Difference: 82 (36%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
Radeon HD 7950 3GB		200 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon HD 7950 3GB is 22% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1060 in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon HD 7950 3GB		240000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 43392 (22%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be a lot (more or less 34%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 7950 3GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 7950 3GB		89600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 30880 (34%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 7950 3GB		25600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 46688 (182%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 can be applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.