GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon R9 390X 8G

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 390X 8G, which comes with clock speeds of 1050 MHz on the GPU, and 1500 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 2816 SPUs along with 176 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.

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 390X 8G		330 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		290 Sol/s
	Difference: 40 (14%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 390X 8G		32 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		19 Mh/s
	Difference: 13 (68%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon R9 390X 8G		13555 points
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
	Difference: 1370 (11%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon R9 390X 8G		275 Watts
	Difference: 155 Watts (129%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R9 390X 8G will be 95% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB in general, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon R9 390X 8G		384000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 187392 (95%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 390X 8G should be quite a bit (approximately 70%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon R9 390X 8G		184800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 76368 (70%)

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 390X 8G		67200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5088 (8%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant 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.