GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon RX 480 4GB

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 480 4GB, which features a clock frequency of 1120 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 2304 SPUs, 144 Texture Address Units, and 32 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.

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1060		311 Sol/s
Radeon RX 480 4GB		267 Sol/s
	Difference: 44 (16%)

Monero Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 480 4GB		800 h/s
GeForce GTX 1060		430 h/s
	Difference: 370 (86%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
Radeon RX 480 4GB		150 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (25%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 480 4GB should in theory be a small bit superior to the GeForce GTX 1060 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 32768 (17%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 4GB will be quite a bit (more or less 34%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		161280 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 40800 (34%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is a lot (about 102%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 480 4GB, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 480 4GB		35840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 36448 (102%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at 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 that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.