GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon RX 480

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 480, which features a core clock speed of 1120 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 2000 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It is made up of 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, 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		280 Sol/s
	Difference: 31 (11%)

Monero Mining Hash Rate

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

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon RX 480		13349 points
GeForce GTX 1060		12359 points
	Difference: 990 (8%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 480 should in theory perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 480		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 65536 (33%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 will be much (approximately 34%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be quite a bit (approximately 102%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 480, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 480		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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better 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 can be applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, 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 number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.