Radeon RX 460 2GB vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 6950 XT, which features GPU clock speed of 1925 MHz, and 16384 MB of GDDR6 memory set to run at 2250 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 5120 Stream Processors, 320 TAUs, and 128 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		75 Watts
Radeon RX 6950 XT		335 Watts
	Difference: 260 Watts (347%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 6950 XT should be 427% faster than the Radeon RX 460 2GB in general, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		589824 MB/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 477824 (427%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT will be quite a bit (about 909%) better at AF than the Radeon RX 460 2GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		616000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 554960 (909%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6950 XT is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		246400 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 228960 (1313%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.