GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon HD 6790

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon HD 6790, which features GPU core speed of 840 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1050 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 800 SPUs, 40 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.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060		12359 points
Radeon HD 6790		2150 points
	Difference: 10209 (475%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
Radeon HD 6790		150 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (25%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1060 should be quite a bit faster than the Radeon HD 6790 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
Radeon HD 6790		134400 MB/sec
	Difference: 62208 (46%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be a lot (about 259%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon HD 6790. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 6790		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 86880 (259%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 is superior to the Radeon HD 6790, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 6790		13440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 58848 (438%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core 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 processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write 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 core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.