GeForce GT 230 vs Radeon RX 460

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 460, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 1090 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 896 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 230		65 Watts
Radeon RX 460		75 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (15%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 460 should theoretically be a lot superior to the GeForce GT 230 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 460		112000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 230		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 73600 (192%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 should be much (approximately 594%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 230. (explain)

Radeon RX 460		61040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 230		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 52240 (594%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 460 is superior to the GeForce GT 230, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 460		17440 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 230		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13040 (296%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.