GeForce GTX Titan Black vs Radeon RX 460 2GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, which features a clock frequency of 1090 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of 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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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		75 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan Black		250 Watts
	Difference: 175 Watts (233%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX Titan Black, in theory, should perform a lot faster than the Radeon RX 460 2GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		336000 MB/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 224000 (200%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan Black will be much (approximately 250%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 460 2GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		213360 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 152320 (250%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX Titan Black is superior to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		42672 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 25232 (145%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.