Radeon RX 460 2GB vs Radeon RX 570

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 570, which features a core clock frequency of 1168 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 2048 SPUs, 128 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

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Radeon RX 570		298 Sol/s
Radeon RX 460 2GB		117 Sol/s
	Difference: 181 (155%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		75 Watts
Radeon RX 570		150 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 570 should theoretically be quite a bit better than the Radeon RX 460 2GB overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 570		229376 MB/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 117376 (105%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 570 will be a lot (about 145%) better at AF than the Radeon RX 460 2GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 570		149504 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 88464 (145%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 570 should be quite a bit (about 114%) better at FSAA than the Radeon RX 460 2GB, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 570		37376 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 19936 (114%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its 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 clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.