GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon R9 270X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 270X, which comes with a clock frequency of 1000 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1400 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 1280 SPUs, 80 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 270X		177 Sol/s
	Difference: 113 (64%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		19 Mh/s
Radeon R9 270X		18 Mh/s
	Difference: 1 (6%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
Radeon R9 270X		6590 points
	Difference: 5595 (85%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon R9 270X		180 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should in theory be a bit superior to the Radeon R9 270X overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is quite a bit (more or less 36%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R9 270X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 270X		80000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 28432 (36%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 270X		32000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 40288 (126%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly write 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 - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.