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GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon R7 370 2G

Intro

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB comes with core speeds of 1506 MHz on the GPU, and 2000 MHz on the 3072 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1152 SPUs along with 72 TAUs and 48 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare that to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 975 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 1400 MHz on this model. It features 1024 SPUs along with 64 Texture Address Units 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.

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		290 Sol/s
Radeon R7 370 2G		210 Sol/s
	Difference: 80 (38%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		19 Mh/s
Radeon R7 370 2G		15 Mh/s
	Difference: 4 (27%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
Radeon R7 370 2G		5582 points
	Difference: 6603 (118%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (9%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should in theory be a small bit superior to the Radeon R7 370 2G in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 17408 (10%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be much (approximately 74%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 370 2G. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 46032 (74%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 41088 (132%)

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

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Model	GeForce GTX 1060 3GB	Radeon R7 370 2G
Manufacturer	nVidia	AMD
Year	August 2016	June 2015
Code Name	GP106-300	Trinidad
Memory	3072 MB	2048 MB
Core Speed	1506 MHz	975 MHz
Memory Speed	8000 MHz	5600 MHz
Power (Max TDP)	120 watts	110 watts
Bandwidth	196608 MB/sec	179200 MB/sec
Texel Rate	108432 Mtexels/sec	62400 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate	72288 Mpixels/sec	31200 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders	1152	1024
Texture Mapping Units	72	64
Render Output Units	48	32
Bus Type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Bus Width	192-bit	256-bit
Fab Process	16 nm	28 nm
Transistors	4400 million	2080 million
Bus	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 ×16
DirectX Version	DirectX 12.0	DirectX 12.0
OpenGL Version	OpenGL 4.5	OpenGL 4.5

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.

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