GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) vs Radeon RX 460 2GB

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1090 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a speed of 1750 MHz on this particular model. 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 460 (OEM)		150 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 460 2GB should theoretically perform a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		108800 MB/sec
	Difference: 3200 (3%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 2GB is quite a bit (approximately 68%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM). (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		36400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 24640 (68%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) is superior to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, but only just. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		20800 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3360 (19%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range 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 texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the 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 most pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. 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 output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.