GeForce GTX 460 SE vs Radeon RX 590

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 590, which makes use of a 12 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1469 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 2000 MHz on this particular 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 SE		150 Watts
Radeon RX 590		175 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (17%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 590 is 141% quicker than the GeForce GTX 460 SE in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 590 should be much (approximately 578%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 460 SE. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		211536 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		31200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 180336 (578%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 590 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 590		47008 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, 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 that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.