GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon R9 380 2G

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 380 2G, which has core speeds of 970 MHz on the GPU, and 1425 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1792 SPUs as well as 112 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator 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.

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		19 Mh/s
Radeon R9 380 2G		19 Mh/s
	Difference: 0 (0%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
Radeon R9 380 2G		8850 points
	Difference: 3335 (38%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon R9 380 2G		190 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (58%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should theoretically perform a little bit faster than the Radeon R9 380 2G overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
Radeon R9 380 2G		182400 MB/sec
	Difference: 14208 (8%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380 2G will be just a bit (more or less 0%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		108640 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 208 (0%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is superior to the Radeon R9 380 2G, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 380 2G		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 maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better 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 can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 number of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.