GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon R9 390X 8G

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 390X 8G, which has GPU core speed of 1050 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1500 MHz through a 512-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2816 Stream Processors, 176 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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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

Radeon R9 390X 8G		330 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 1060		311 Sol/s
	Difference: 19 (6%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon R9 390X 8G		13555 points
GeForce GTX 1060		12359 points
	Difference: 1196 (10%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
Radeon R9 390X 8G		275 Watts
	Difference: 155 Watts (129%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon R9 390X 8G should theoretically be a lot better than the GeForce GTX 1060 overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 390X 8G		384000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 187392 (95%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 390X 8G is quite a bit (more or less 53%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060. (explain)

Radeon R9 390X 8G		184800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 64320 (53%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is a little bit (approximately 8%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 390X 8G, and also capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 390X 8G		67200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5088 (8%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.