GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) vs Radeon RX 590

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 590, which makes use of a 12 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1469 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a frequency of 2000 MHz on this specific model. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		150 Watts
Radeon RX 590		175 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (17%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 590 should in theory be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		262144 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		108800 MB/sec
	Difference: 153344 (141%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 590 will be much (approximately 481%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM). (explain)

Radeon RX 590		211536 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		36400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 175136 (481%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 590 should be a lot (approximately 126%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM), and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		47008 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		20800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 26208 (126%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video 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 the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.