GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon RX 460 2GB

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Compare that to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, which comes with clock speeds of 1090 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 896 SPUs as well as 56 Texture Address Units and 16 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		311 Sol/s
Radeon RX 460 2GB		117 Sol/s
	Difference: 194 (166%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060		120 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (60%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1060 should perform a lot faster than the Radeon RX 460 2GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		196608 MB/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 84608 (76%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 should be a lot (approximately 97%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon RX 460 2GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		120480 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 59440 (97%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 will be a lot (about 314%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 460 2GB, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060		72288 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 54848 (314%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied 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 the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in a 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 - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.