GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon R9 Nano

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R9 Nano, which features a clock speed of 1000 MHz and a HBM memory speed of 500 MHz. It also makes use of a 4096-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 4096 SPUs, 256 Texture Address Units, and 64 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

Radeon R9 Nano		402 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		290 Sol/s
	Difference: 112 (39%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 Nano		30 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		19 Mh/s
	Difference: 11 (58%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon R9 Nano		14918 points
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
	Difference: 2733 (22%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon R9 Nano		175 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (46%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 Nano should theoretically be much faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 Nano		512000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 315392 (160%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 Nano should be quite a bit (approximately 136%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon R9 Nano		256000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 147568 (136%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is a better choice, though only just barely. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 Nano		64000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8288 (13%)

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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster 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 per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at 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 that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs 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 is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.