GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon R7 250X

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 250X, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1000 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1125 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 640 SPUs, 40 Texture Address Units, and 16 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.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
Radeon R7 250X		2860 points
	Difference: 9325 (326%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should theoretically be a lot superior to the Radeon R7 250X in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is a lot (about 171%) better at AF than the Radeon R7 250X. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be much (more or less 352%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 250X, and also capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 250X		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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.