GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon R9 270X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 270X, which features clock speeds of 1000 MHz on the GPU, and 1400 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1280 SPUs as well as 80 Texture Address Units and 32 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.

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1060		311 Sol/s
Radeon R9 270X		177 Sol/s
	Difference: 134 (76%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060		12359 points
Radeon R9 270X		6590 points
	Difference: 5769 (88%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
Radeon R9 270X		180 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1060 should in theory be a small bit faster than the Radeon R9 270X overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
Radeon R9 270X		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 17408 (10%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be much (more or less 51%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R9 270X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 270X		80000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 40480 (51%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 is superior to the Radeon R9 270X, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 270X		32000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 40288 (126%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling 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 video card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.