GeForce GTX 460 vs Radeon RX 5500

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5500, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1670 MHz. The GDDR6 memory is set to run at a speed of 1750 MHz on this card. It features 1408 SPUs as well as 88 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 5500 should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 460 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 142976 (165%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 is quite a bit (approximately 289%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 460. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		146960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460		37800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 109160 (289%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5500 is superior to the GeForce GTX 460, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500		53440 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460		16200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 37240 (230%)

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 information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.