Geforce GTX 670 vs Radeon RX 460 2GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, which comes with a core clock speed of 1090 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 896 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		75 Watts
Geforce GTX 670		170 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (127%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Geforce GTX 670 should theoretically be much better than the Radeon RX 460 2GB overall. (explain)

Geforce GTX 670		192000 MB/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 80000 (71%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 670 should be quite a bit (about 68%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 460 2GB. (explain)

Geforce GTX 670		102480 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 41440 (68%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 670 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Geforce GTX 670		29280 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 11840 (68%)

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 maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.