GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon R9 M295X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 M295X, which features a GPU core clock speed of 750 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1375 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 2048 Stream Processors, 128 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon R9 M295X		125 Watts
	Difference: 5 Watts (4%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, in theory, should perform a small bit faster than the Radeon R9 M295X overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M295X		176000 MB/sec
	Difference: 20608 (12%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is a small bit (more or less 13%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R9 M295X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M295X		96000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 12432 (13%)

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 M295X, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M295X		24000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 48288 (201%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.