GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon R9 285

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R9 285, which features a clock frequency of 918 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1375 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised 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.

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		19 Mh/s
Radeon R9 285		18 Mh/s
	Difference: 1 (6%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
Radeon R9 285		8500 points
	Difference: 3685 (43%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon R9 285		190 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (58%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is 12% faster than the Radeon R9 285 overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
Radeon R9 285		176000 MB/sec
	Difference: 20608 (12%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is a bit (about 5%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R9 285. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 285		102816 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 5616 (5%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is much (approximately 146%) better at FSAA than the Radeon R9 285, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 285		29376 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 42912 (146%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output 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 potential to reach the maximum fill rate.