GeForce GTX 1050 vs Radeon RX 460 2GB

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, which has a clock frequency of 1090 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It features 896 SPUs, 56 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1050 will be 2% faster than the Radeon RX 460 2GB in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 2688 (2%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 2GB is a little bit (about 13%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 1050. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 6880 (13%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be much (approximately 148%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 460 2GB, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 25888 (148%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.