GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon HD 7950

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 7950, which features a core clock frequency of 800 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1250 MHz. It also makes use of a 384-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 1792 SPUs, 112 Texture Address Units, 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.

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		290 Sol/s
Radeon HD 7950		235 Sol/s
	Difference: 55 (23%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon HD 7950		21 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		19 Mh/s
	Difference: 2 (11%)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		12185 points
Radeon HD 7950		7731 points
	Difference: 4454 (58%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon HD 7950 should in theory be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be much (approximately 21%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 7950. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB will be quite a bit (about 182%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon HD 7950, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 7950		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 maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.