GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon HD 7850

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 7850, which has clock speeds of 860 MHz on the GPU, and 1200 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1024 SPUs along with 64 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 7850		171 Sol/s
	Difference: 119 (70%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		19 Mh/s
Radeon HD 7850		13 Mh/s
	Difference: 6 (46%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
Radeon HD 7850		5200 points
	Difference: 6985 (134%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon HD 7850		130 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (8%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, in theory, should be a lot faster than the Radeon HD 7850 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
Radeon HD 7850		153600 MB/sec
	Difference: 43008 (28%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB will be a lot (approximately 97%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 7850. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 7850		55040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 53392 (97%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be much (about 163%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 7850, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 7850		27520 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 44768 (163%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.