GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon R7 250X 2GB

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R7 250X 2GB, which comes with a core clock speed of 1000 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1125 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 640 SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 250X 2GB		95 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (26%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should perform quite a bit faster than the Radeon R7 250X 2GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
Radeon R7 250X 2GB		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 124608 (173%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be a lot (about 171%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 250X 2GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 250X 2GB		40000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 68432 (171%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is a lot (about 352%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 250X 2GB, and capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 250X 2GB		16000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 56288 (352%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per 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 card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can 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 Raster Operations Pipelines 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 also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.