GeForce GT 1030 vs Radeon RX 460

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 460, which features GPU clock speed of 1090 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory 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 1030		30 Watts
Radeon RX 460		75 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (150%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 460, in theory, should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 1030 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 460		112000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 62848 (128%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 is quite a bit (about 51%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 1030. (explain)

Radeon RX 460		61040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 20560 (51%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GT 1030 is the winner, though only just barely. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2800 (16%)

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 data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once 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, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is worked out 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 video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

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