GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon HD 7950 3GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 7950 3GB, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 800 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a speed of 1250 MHz on this specific model. It features 1792 SPUs as well as 112 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.

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GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		290 Sol/s
Radeon HD 7950 3GB		229 Sol/s
	Difference: 61 (27%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon HD 7950 3GB		200 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon HD 7950 3GB should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB in general. (explain)

Radeon HD 7950 3GB		240000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 43392 (22%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is much (more or less 21%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 7950 3GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 7950 3GB		89600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 18832 (21%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is much (approximately 182%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 7950 3GB, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 7950 3GB		25600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 46688 (182%)

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 max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This 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 card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.