GeForce RTX 3080 Ti vs Radeon RX 460 2GB

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 1090 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 896 Stream Processors, 56 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		75 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		350 Watts
	Difference: 275 Watts (367%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti should be a lot faster than the Radeon RX 460 2GB overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		934297 MB/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 822297 (734%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti should be a lot (about 616%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 460 2GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		436800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 375760 (616%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		152880 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 135440 (777%)

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 within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.