GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon R9 380X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 380X, which has a core clock speed of 970 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1425 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 2048 SPUs, 128 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.

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		19 Mh/s
Radeon R9 380X		19 Mh/s
	Difference: 0 (0%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
Radeon R9 380X		9519 points
	Difference: 2666 (28%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon R9 380X		190 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (58%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB will be 8% faster than the Radeon R9 380X overall, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
Radeon R9 380X		182400 MB/sec
	Difference: 14208 (8%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380X will be a small bit (more or less 15%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon R9 380X		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 15728 (15%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is superior to the Radeon R9 380X, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 380X		31040 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 41248 (133%)

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 information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR 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 worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the 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 figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.