Radeon R7 260X vs Radeon RX 460

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 460, which comes with a clock frequency of 1090 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and uses 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

Radeon RX 460		5595 points
Radeon R7 260X		4381 points
	Difference: 1214 (28%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460		75 Watts
Radeon R7 260X		115 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (53%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 460 should in theory be a little bit better than the Radeon R7 260X in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 460		112000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 8000 (8%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 260X is just a bit (more or less 1%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon RX 460. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 460		61040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 560 (1%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 260X will be a small bit (more or less 1%) better at AA than the Radeon RX 460, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 160 (1%)

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

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied 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 better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

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