GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon RX 580

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 580, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1257 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 2000 MHz on this specific card. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 TAUs and 32 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.

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 580		315 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		290 Sol/s
	Difference: 25 (9%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 580		28 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		19 Mh/s
	Difference: 9 (47%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon RX 580		13630 points
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
	Difference: 1445 (12%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon RX 580		185 Watts
	Difference: 65 Watts (54%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 580 should theoretically be a lot better than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 580		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 65536 (33%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 580 should be a lot (about 67%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 580		181008 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 72576 (67%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB will be a lot (approximately 80%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 580, and capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 580		40224 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 32064 (80%)

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 data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels 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 number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.