GeForce GTX 465 vs Radeon RX 460 2GB

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, which has core speeds of 1090 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 896 SPUs along with 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 465		200 Watts
	Difference: 125 Watts (167%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 460 2GB should perform a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 465 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 465		102592 MB/sec
	Difference: 9408 (9%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 2GB is a lot (approximately 129%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 465. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 465		26708 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 34332 (129%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 465 should be just a bit (approximately 11%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 460 2GB, and will be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 465		19424 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1984 (11%)

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 information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's 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 are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. 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 ability to reach the max fill rate.