GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon R9 295X2

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 295X2, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 1018 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1250 MHz through a 512-bit bus. It also is made up of 2816 SPUs, 176 TAUs, and 64 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.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon R9 295X2		21205 points
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
	Difference: 9020 (74%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon R9 295X2		500 Watts
	Difference: 380 Watts (317%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon R9 295X2 should theoretically be much better than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		640000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 443392 (226%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 295X2 should be much (approximately 230%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		358336 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 249904 (230%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 295X2 should be quite a bit (more or less 80%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		130304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 58016 (80%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the 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 chip could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of 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.