GeForce GTX 460 2GB vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 5500 XT, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1717 MHz. The GDDR6 memory works at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific card. It features 1408 SPUs as well as 88 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		130 Watts
GeForce GTX 460 2GB		160 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (23%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 5500 XT is 99% quicker than the GeForce GTX 460 2GB in general, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 2GB		115200 MB/sec
	Difference: 114176 (99%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 XT will be a lot (approximately 300%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 460 2GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		151096 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 2GB		37800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 113296 (300%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5500 XT is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		54944 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 2GB		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 33344 (154%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling 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 the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.