GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon RX 580

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 580, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1257 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a speed of 2000 MHz on this particular card. It features 2304 SPUs along with 144 TAUs 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

Radeon RX 580		315 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		290 Sol/s
	Difference: 25 (9%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 580		28 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		19 Mh/s
	Difference: 9 (47%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon RX 580		13630 points
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
	Difference: 1445 (12%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		120 Watts
Radeon RX 580		185 Watts
	Difference: 65 Watts (54%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 580, in theory, should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 580		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		196608 MB/sec
	Difference: 65536 (33%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 580 is quite a bit (about 67%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 580		181008 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		108432 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 72576 (67%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB will be a lot (about 80%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 580, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 580		40224 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 32064 (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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs 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 also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.