GeForce GTX 1080 vs Radeon RX 460

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 460, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1090 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 896 SPUs as well as 56 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 1080		21942 points
Radeon RX 460		5595 points
	Difference: 16347 (292%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 1080		180 Watts
	Difference: 105 Watts (140%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1080 should in theory be a lot superior to the Radeon RX 460 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		327680 MB/sec
Radeon RX 460		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 215680 (193%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 should be quite a bit (about 321%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon RX 460. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		257120 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 460		61040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 196080 (321%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 is a lot (approximately 490%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 460, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1080		102848 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 85408 (490%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.