GeForce GTX 295 vs Radeon RX 460 2GB

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1090 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this particular model. It features 896 SPUs as well as 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 295		289 Watts
	Difference: 214 Watts (285%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 295 will be 100% quicker than the Radeon RX 460 2GB overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		223776 MB/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 111776 (100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 295 should be quite a bit (about 51%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 460 2GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		92160 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 31120 (51%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 295 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		32256 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 14816 (85%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, 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 number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher 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 the video card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.