GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon R9 380X

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 380X, which comes with core speeds of 970 MHz on the GPU, and 1425 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 Texture Address Units and 32 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.

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		19 Mh/s
Radeon R9 380X		19 Mh/s
	Difference: 0 (0%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
Radeon R9 380X		9519 points
	Difference: 2666 (28%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon R9 380X		190 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (58%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should theoretically be a bit faster than the Radeon R9 380X in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
Radeon R9 380X		182400 MB/sec
	Difference: 14208 (8%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380X should be a little bit (about 15%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon R9 380X		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 15728 (15%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is quite a bit (more or less 133%) better at AA than the Radeon R9 380X, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 380X		31040 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 41248 (133%)

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 information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.