GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon HD 5750 512MB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 5750 512MB, which uses a 40 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 700 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a frequency of 1150 MHz on this particular card. It features 720(144x5) SPUs along with 36 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 5750 512MB		86 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
	Difference: 34 Watts (40%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should in theory be a lot better than the Radeon HD 5750 512MB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
Radeon HD 5750 512MB		73600 MB/sec
	Difference: 123008 (167%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is quite a bit (approximately 330%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon HD 5750 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 5750 512MB		25200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 83232 (330%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB will be quite a bit (more or less 545%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 5750 512MB, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 5750 512MB		11200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 61088 (545%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units 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 processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.