GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon RX 580

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 580, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1257 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a speed of 2000 MHz on this particular card. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 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

Radeon RX 580		315 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 1060		311 Sol/s
	Difference: 4 (1%)

Monero Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 580		650 h/s
GeForce GTX 1060		430 h/s
	Difference: 220 (51%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon RX 580		13630 points
GeForce GTX 1060		12359 points
	Difference: 1271 (10%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 580 will be 33% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1060 overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 580 is much (more or less 50%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

Radeon RX 580		181008 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 60528 (50%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be a lot (more or less 80%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Radeon RX 580, and also capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus 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 memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. 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 fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.