GeForce RTX 3050 vs Radeon RX 460

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 460, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1090 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this particular card. It features 896 SPUs as well as 56 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460		75 Watts
GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (73%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3050 is 105% quicker than the Radeon RX 460 in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
Radeon RX 460		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 117376 (105%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 should be a lot (more or less 103%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 460. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 460		61040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 63120 (103%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 will be a lot (more or less 185%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon RX 460, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 32224 (185%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. 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 is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.