GeForce GT 310 vs Radeon RX 460 2GB

Intro

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

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 310		31 Watts
Radeon RX 460 2GB		75 Watts
	Difference: 44 Watts (142%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 460 2GB should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GT 310 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 310		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 96000 (600%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 2GB will be much (about 1195%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 310. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 310		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 56328 (1195%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 2GB will be much (about 640%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GT 310, and capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 310		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15084 (640%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card 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 processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.