GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon R7 240

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 240, which features a GPU core clock speed of 730 MHz, and 2048 MB of DDR3 memory set to run at 900 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 320 Stream Processors, 20 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation 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.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
Radeon R7 240		1218 points
	Difference: 10967 (900%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 240		30 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
	Difference: 90 Watts (300%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be 583% quicker than the Radeon R7 240 overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
Radeon R7 240		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 167808 (583%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is quite a bit (about 643%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R7 240. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 240		14600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 93832 (643%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 240		5840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 66448 (1138%)

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 max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the 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 amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.