GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon R9 M385X

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 M385X, which comes with GPU clock speed of 1100 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1500 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 896 Stream Processors, 56 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB will be 105% faster than the Radeon R9 M385X overall, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M385X		96000 MB/sec
	Difference: 100608 (105%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is much (more or less 76%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R9 M385X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M385X		61600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 46832 (76%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is quite a bit (more or less 311%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 M385X, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M385X		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 54688 (311%)

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 max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must 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, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could 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 colour ROPs by the clock 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 output 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 potential to get to the max fill rate.