GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon Pro Duo

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon Pro Duo, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1000 MHz. The HBM RAM is set to run at a frequency of 500 MHz on this specific model. It features 4096 SPUs along with 256 Texture Address Units and 64 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

Radeon Pro Duo		27167 points
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
	Difference: 14982 (123%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon Pro Duo		350 Watts
	Difference: 230 Watts (192%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon Pro Duo should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB overall. (explain)

Radeon Pro Duo		1024000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 827392 (421%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon Pro Duo will be much (about 372%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon Pro Duo		512000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 403568 (372%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon Pro Duo will be a lot (more or less 77%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, and capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon Pro Duo		128000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 55712 (77%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, 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 is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.