GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) vs Radeon RX 470

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 470, which features a core clock frequency of 926 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1650 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It features 2048 SPUs, 128 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 470		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		150 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (25%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 470 should in theory be a lot better than the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 470		211200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		108800 MB/sec
	Difference: 102400 (94%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 should be quite a bit (about 226%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM). (explain)

Radeon RX 470		118528 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		36400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 82128 (226%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 470 is superior to the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM), and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 470		29632 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		20800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8832 (42%)

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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, 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 number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per 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 number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.