Radeon R7 240 vs Radeon RX 460 2GB

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, which features core clock speeds of 1090 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 896 SPUs as well as 56 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 240		30 Watts
Radeon RX 460 2GB		75 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (150%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 460 2GB should perform a lot faster than the Radeon R7 240 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 240		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 83200 (289%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 2GB is quite a bit (more or less 318%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 240. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 240		14600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 46440 (318%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 2GB will be much (about 199%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 240, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 240		5840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 11600 (199%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.