GeForce GTX 660 vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition, which comes with a clock frequency of 1382 MHz and a HBM2 memory speed of 1890 MHz. It also features a 2048-bit memory bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It is made up of 4096 SPUs, 256 TAUs, and 64 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.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		21379 points
GeForce GTX 660		5063 points
	Difference: 16316 (322%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 660		140 Watts
Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		300 Watts
	Difference: 160 Watts (114%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition should in theory be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 660 overall. (explain)

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		495452 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 660		144192 MB/sec
	Difference: 351260 (244%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition will be a lot (approximately 351%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 660. (explain)

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		353792 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 660		78400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 275392 (351%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is superior to the GeForce GTX 660, by far. (explain)

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition		88448 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 660		23520 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 64928 (276%)

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 largest amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.