GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 vs Radeon RX 460

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 460, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1090 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific card. It features 896 SPUs along with 56 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		202 Watts
	Difference: 127 Watts (169%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 460 should be 0% faster than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX 460		112000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		111888 MB/sec
	Difference: 112 (0%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 should be quite a bit (more or less 47%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216. (explain)

Radeon RX 460		61040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		41472 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 19568 (47%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 460 is a better choice, though not by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 460		17440 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		16128 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1312 (8%)

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 max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video 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 most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.