GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon R9 280

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 280, which comes with GPU core speed of 933 MHz, and 3072 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1250 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1792 Stream Processors, 112 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.

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		290 Sol/s
Radeon R9 280		183 Sol/s
	Difference: 107 (58%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 280		22 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		19 Mh/s
	Difference: 3 (16%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
Radeon R9 280		7961 points
	Difference: 4224 (53%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon R9 280		250 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (108%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 280, in theory, should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 280		240000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 43392 (22%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is a little bit (more or less 4%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R9 280. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 280		104496 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 3936 (4%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be quite a bit (more or less 142%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 280, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 280		29856 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 42432 (142%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, 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 number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.