GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon R7 250X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 250X, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1000 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a speed of 1125 MHz on this model. It features 640 SPUs along with 40 Texture Address Units and 16 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.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060		12359 points
Radeon R7 250X		2860 points
	Difference: 9499 (332%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 250X		95 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (26%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1060 should in theory be a lot faster than the Radeon R7 250X in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
Radeon R7 250X		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 124608 (173%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is quite a bit (more or less 201%) better at AF than the Radeon R7 250X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 250X		40000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 80480 (201%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 is superior to the Radeon R7 250X, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 250X		16000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 56288 (352%)

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 data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

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