GeForce RTX 2070 vs Radeon RX 460 2GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, which features GPU clock speed of 1090 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 896 SPUs, 56 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		75 Watts
GeForce RTX 2070		175 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (133%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 2070 should in theory perform a lot faster than the Radeon RX 460 2GB overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		458752 MB/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 346752 (310%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 is much (about 233%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 460 2GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		203040 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 142000 (233%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2070 will be quite a bit (about 417%) more effective at AA than the Radeon RX 460 2GB, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2070		90240 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 72800 (417%)

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 data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must 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 in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock 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 in one second.

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