GeForce GTX 260 vs Radeon RX 460

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 460, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1090 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a speed of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 896 SPUs along with 56 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 260		182 Watts
	Difference: 107 Watts (143%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 460 should in theory perform a small bit faster than the GeForce GTX 260 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 460		112000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 260		111888 MB/sec
	Difference: 112 (0%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 will be much (approximately 66%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 260. (explain)

Radeon RX 460		61040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260		36864 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 24176 (66%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 460 is a better choice, but only just. (explain)

Radeon RX 460		17440 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260		16128 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1312 (8%)

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 across the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of 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 clock 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 processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.