GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon RX Vega 64

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX Vega 64, which comes with a core clock speed of 1247 MHz and a HBM2 memory speed of 1890 MHz. It also makes use of a 2048-bit bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It is comprised 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 RX Vega 64		21986 points
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
	Difference: 9801 (80%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon RX Vega 64		295 Watts
	Difference: 175 Watts (146%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX Vega 64 is 152% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 64		495411 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 298803 (152%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX Vega 64 should be a lot (more or less 194%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 64		319232 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 210800 (194%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX Vega 64 is the winner, but only just. (explain)

Radeon RX Vega 64		79808 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 7520 (10%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must 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 AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number 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 filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.