GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon RX 460 2GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1090 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a speed of 1750 MHz on this specific card. It features 896 SPUs as well as 56 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		116 Watts
	Difference: 41 Watts (55%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 460 2GB should in theory be a small bit better than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		98496 MB/sec
	Difference: 13504 (14%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 2GB is quite a bit (about 112%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		28800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 32240 (112%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 550 Ti should be quite a bit (more or less 24%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 460 2GB, and able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 550 Ti		21600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4160 (24%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This 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 video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate 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 outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.