GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon R9 380 4G

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 380 4G, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 970 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1425 MHz on this model. It features 1792 SPUs along with 112 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator 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.

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Radeon R9 380 4G		21 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		19 Mh/s
	Difference: 2 (11%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
Radeon R9 380 4G		8837 points
	Difference: 3348 (38%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon R9 380 4G		190 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (58%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should in theory be a little bit better than the Radeon R9 380 4G overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
Radeon R9 380 4G		182400 MB/sec
	Difference: 14208 (8%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380 4G will be a bit (more or less 0%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 4G		108640 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 208 (0%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be a lot (about 133%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 380 4G, and will be able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 380 4G		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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling 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 could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.