GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon RX Vega 56

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX Vega 56, which has core clock speeds of 1156 MHz on the GPU, and 1600 MHz on the 8192 MB of HBM2 memory. It features 3584 SPUs along with 224 Texture Address Units 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 RX Vega 56		21011 points
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
	Difference: 8826 (72%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon RX Vega 56		210 Watts
	Difference: 90 Watts (75%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX Vega 56 is 113% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		419430 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 222822 (113%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 56 is quite a bit (more or less 139%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		258944 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 150512 (139%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 56 should be a small bit (about 2%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, and capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 56		73984 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1696 (2%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.