GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon R7 360

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 360, which features a clock frequency of 1050 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1625 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 768 SPUs, 48 TAUs, and 16 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

GeForce GTX 1060		311 Sol/s
Radeon R7 360		98 Sol/s
	Difference: 213 (217%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060		12359 points
Radeon R7 360		4110 points
	Difference: 8249 (201%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 360		100 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (20%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1060 is 89% quicker than the Radeon R7 360 in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
Radeon R7 360		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 92608 (89%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is a lot (approximately 139%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R7 360. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 360		50400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 70080 (139%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 360		16800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 55488 (330%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.