GeForce GTX 295 vs Radeon RX 460

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 460, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1090 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this particular model. It features 896 SPUs along with 56 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 295		289 Watts
	Difference: 214 Watts (285%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 295, in theory, should be much faster than the Radeon RX 460 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

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

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

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 295 will be much (more or less 85%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon RX 460, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		32256 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460		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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 are processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock 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 rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.