GeForce GTX 1080 vs Radeon RX 460 2GB

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, which features a clock frequency of 1090 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It features 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 1080		553 Sol/s
Radeon RX 460 2GB		117 Sol/s
	Difference: 436 (373%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 1080		180 Watts
	Difference: 105 Watts (140%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1080 will be 193% quicker than the Radeon RX 460 2GB in general, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		327680 MB/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 215680 (193%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 will be a lot (more or less 321%) more effective at AF than the Radeon RX 460 2GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		257120 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 196080 (321%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 should be a lot (approximately 490%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 460 2GB, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		102848 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 85408 (490%)

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 maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few 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.