GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Radeon HD 7950 3GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 7950 3GB, which comes with a core clock speed of 800 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1250 MHz. It also makes use of a 384-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 1792 SPUs, 112 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.

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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 should be a lot (approximately 21%) faster with regards to 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 quite a bit (approximately 182%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 7950 3GB, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core 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 a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core 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 output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.