GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon HD 7870

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon HD 7870, which comes with clock speeds of 1000 MHz on the GPU, and 1200 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1280 SPUs as well as 80 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.

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		290 Sol/s
Radeon HD 7870		172 Sol/s
	Difference: 118 (69%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		19 Mh/s
Radeon HD 7870		16 Mh/s
	Difference: 3 (19%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
Radeon HD 7870		6230 points
	Difference: 5955 (96%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon HD 7870		175 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (46%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should perform much faster than the Radeon HD 7870 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
Radeon HD 7870		153600 MB/sec
	Difference: 43008 (28%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be quite a bit (approximately 36%) more effective at AF than the Radeon HD 7870. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 7870		80000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 28432 (36%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is quite a bit (about 126%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 7870, and will be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 7870		32000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 40288 (126%)

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 largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. 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 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 reach the maximum fill rate.