GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon R9 M295X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 M295X, which has clock speeds of 750 MHz on the GPU, and 1375 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
Radeon R9 M295X		125 Watts
	Difference: 5 Watts (4%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 1060 should be a small bit faster than the Radeon R9 M295X overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M295X		176000 MB/sec
	Difference: 20608 (12%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is much (about 26%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R9 M295X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M295X		96000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 24480 (26%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 is superior to the Radeon R9 M295X, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M295X		24000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 48288 (201%)

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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of 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 processed per second.

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