GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon R9 M280X

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 M280X, which features a core clock speed of 900 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1375 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 896 SPUs, 56 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R9 M280X		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (60%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1060 should be 123% faster than the Radeon R9 M280X in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M280X		88000 MB/sec
	Difference: 108608 (123%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be quite a bit (more or less 139%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R9 M280X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M280X		50400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 70080 (139%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be a lot (more or less 402%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 M280X, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M280X		14400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 57888 (402%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the 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 number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.