GeForce GTX 950 vs Radeon RX 460

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 460, which features a core clock frequency of 1090 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 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 950		6536 points
Radeon RX 460		5595 points
	Difference: 941 (17%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 950		90 Watts
	Difference: 15 Watts (20%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 460 should be just a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 950 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 460		112000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950		105728 MB/sec
	Difference: 6272 (6%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 is quite a bit (about 24%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 950. (explain)

Radeon RX 460		61040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 950		49152 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 11888 (24%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 950 is superior to the Radeon RX 460, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		32768 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15328 (88%)

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 max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 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, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output 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.