GeForce GTX 460 1GB vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 6950 XT, which comes with GPU core 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 Texture Address Units, and 128 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 460 1GB		160 Watts
Radeon RX 6950 XT		335 Watts
	Difference: 175 Watts (109%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 6950 XT should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 460 1GB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		589824 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 1GB		115200 MB/sec
	Difference: 474624 (412%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT will be a lot (about 1530%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 460 1GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		616000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 1GB		37800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 578200 (1530%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6950 XT is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		246400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 1GB		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 224800 (1041%)

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 data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video 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 number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.