GeForce GTX 465 vs Radeon RX 460

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 460, which has GPU core speed of 1090 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 896 Stream Processors, 56 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 465		200 Watts
	Difference: 125 Watts (167%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 460 should be just a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 465 overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 should be a lot (more or less 129%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 465. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 465 is a small bit (more or less 11%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 460, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 465		19424 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460		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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.