Radeon R7 360 vs Radeon RX 460 2GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, which comes with GPU 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 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

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Radeon RX 460 2GB		117 Sol/s
Radeon R7 360		98 Sol/s
	Difference: 19 (19%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		75 Watts
Radeon R7 360		100 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 460 2GB is 8% quicker than the Radeon R7 360 in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 360		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 8000 (8%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 2GB will be quite a bit (about 21%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R7 360. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 360		50400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 10640 (21%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 2GB will be just a bit (more or less 4%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 360, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 360		16800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 640 (4%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.