GeForce GTX 1060 vs Radeon RX 460 2GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, which comes with a core clock speed of 1090 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 896 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 16 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.

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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

The GeForce GTX 1060, in theory, should be much 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 much (about 97%) more effective at texture 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 should be quite a bit (approximately 314%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 460 2GB, and also will be able to handle 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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs 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 also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.