Radeon RX 460 2GB vs Radeon RX 480

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 480, which has a core clock speed of 1120 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 2000 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 2304 SPUs, 144 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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Radeon RX 480		280 Sol/s
Radeon RX 460 2GB		117 Sol/s
	Difference: 163 (139%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		75 Watts
Radeon RX 480		150 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 480 is 134% quicker than the Radeon RX 460 2GB overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 480		262144 MB/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 150144 (134%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 should be quite a bit (approximately 164%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon RX 460 2GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 480		161280 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 100240 (164%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 480 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 480		35840 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 18400 (106%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.