GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon HD 7950 3GB

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon HD 7950 3GB, which features GPU clock speed of 800 MHz, and 3072 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1250 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also is made up of 1792 SPUs, 112 TAUs, 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.

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GeForce GTX 1060		311 Sol/s
Radeon HD 7950 3GB		229 Sol/s
	Difference: 82 (36%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
Radeon HD 7950 3GB		200 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon HD 7950 3GB is 22% quicker than the GeForce GTX 1060 overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon HD 7950 3GB		240000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 43392 (22%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be quite a bit (more or less 34%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 7950 3GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 7950 3GB		89600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 30880 (34%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is much (approximately 182%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 7950 3GB, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 7950 3GB		25600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 46688 (182%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.