GeForce GTX 460 vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5500 XT, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1717 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM works at a speed of 1750 MHz on this model. It features 1408 SPUs along with 88 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		130 Watts
GeForce GTX 460		150 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (15%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 5500 XT should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 460 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 XT is a lot (about 300%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 460. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 XT is a lot (about 239%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 460, and also able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		54944 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460		16200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 38744 (239%)

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 moved past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure 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 graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock 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 output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.