GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon R9 380 2G

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 380 2G, which has core clock speeds of 970 MHz on the GPU, and 1425 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. 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.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060		12359 points
Radeon R9 380 2G		8850 points
	Difference: 3509 (40%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
Radeon R9 380 2G		190 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (58%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1060 should be 8% quicker than the Radeon R9 380 2G overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
Radeon R9 380 2G		182400 MB/sec
	Difference: 14208 (8%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is just a bit (more or less 11%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R9 380 2G. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 380 2G		108640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 11840 (11%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 is much (about 133%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon R9 380 2G, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 380 2G		31040 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 41248 (133%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of 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 clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.