GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon RX 580

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 580, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1257 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a speed of 2000 MHz on this particular model. It features 2304 SPUs along with 144 Texture Address Units 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

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 580 should in theory be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 1060 overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 580 is a lot (about 50%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 is the winner, by far. (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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in 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. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If 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, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one 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. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.