GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon RX 460 2GB

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1090 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this model. It features 896 SPUs as well as 56 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.

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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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GeForce GTX 980		408 Sol/s
Radeon RX 460 2GB		117 Sol/s
	Difference: 291 (249%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 980		165 Watts
	Difference: 90 Watts (120%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 980 will be 100% quicker than the Radeon RX 460 2GB overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		224000 MB/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 112000 (100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 is quite a bit (approximately 136%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 460 2GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		144128 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 83088 (136%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 980 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		72064 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 54624 (313%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses 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, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip 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 - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.