GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon R9 270

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 270, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 900 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1400 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 1280 SPUs, 80 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation 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.

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GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		19 Mh/s
Radeon R9 270		15 Mh/s
	Difference: 4 (27%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
Radeon R9 270		5943 points
	Difference: 6242 (105%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon R9 270		150 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (25%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should in theory be a little bit better than the Radeon R9 270 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
Radeon R9 270		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 17408 (10%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is much (about 51%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R9 270. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 270		72000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 36432 (51%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB will be a lot (approximately 151%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Radeon R9 270, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 270		28800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 43488 (151%)

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 data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.