Radeon R7 M260X vs Radeon RX 460 2GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, which features a core clock speed of 1090 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It features 896 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 460 2GB should in theory be much superior to the Radeon R7 M260X in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M260X		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 48000 (75%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 2GB is a lot (approximately 208%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R7 M260X. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M260X		19800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 41240 (208%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 2GB is a lot (more or less 164%) more effective at AA than the Radeon R7 M260X, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M260X		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 10840 (164%)

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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could 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 card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.