GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon R9 M395X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 M395X, which has a GPU core clock speed of 723 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1250 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2048 Stream Processors, 128 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon R9 M395X		125 Watts
	Difference: 5 Watts (4%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be 23% faster than the Radeon R9 M395X in general, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M395X		160000 MB/sec
	Difference: 36608 (23%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is a bit (approximately 17%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R9 M395X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M395X		92544 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 15888 (17%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be a lot (more or less 212%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon R9 M395X, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M395X		23136 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 49152 (212%)

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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video 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 maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.