GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) vs Radeon RX 560

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 560, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1175 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific card. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 560		80 Watts
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		150 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (88%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 560 should theoretically perform a small bit faster than the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 560		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		108800 MB/sec
	Difference: 5888 (5%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 560 is a lot (about 107%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM). (explain)

Radeon RX 560		75200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		36400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 38800 (107%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) is just a bit (about 11%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 560, and able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		20800 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 560		18800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2000 (11%)

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 transferred across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.