GeForce RTX 3060 vs Radeon RX 460 2GB

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1090 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this card. It features 896 SPUs along with 56 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		75 Watts
GeForce RTX 3060		170 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (127%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3060 will be 229% quicker than the Radeon RX 460 2GB in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		368640 MB/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 256640 (229%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3060 should be much (about 142%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon RX 460 2GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		147840 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 86800 (142%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3060 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3060		63360 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 45920 (263%)

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

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of 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.