GeForce GTX 1070 vs Radeon RX 460 2GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1090 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this model. It features 896 SPUs along with 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 1070		436 Sol/s
Radeon RX 460 2GB		117 Sol/s
	Difference: 319 (273%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 1070		150 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1070 should be a lot faster than the Radeon RX 460 2GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		262144 MB/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 150144 (134%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 should be much (approximately 196%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon RX 460 2GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		180720 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 119680 (196%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1070 is much (more or less 453%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 460 2GB, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1070		96384 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 78944 (453%)

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 max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory per 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 called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.