GeForce GTX 1080 vs Radeon RX 460

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 460, which features a clock frequency of 1090 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It features 896 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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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

The GeForce GTX 1080 should in theory perform much faster than the Radeon RX 460 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1080 should be a lot (more or less 321%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon RX 460. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1080 is the winner, and very much so. (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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, 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 applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.