Radeon RX 460 2GB vs Radeon RX 480

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 480, which has GPU core speed of 1120 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 2000 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 2304 SPUs, 144 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.

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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

The Radeon RX 480, in theory, should be quite a bit faster than the Radeon RX 460 2GB in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 is 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 running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 480 is the winner, 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 max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 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 higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out 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 outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.