Radeon RX 460 2GB vs Radeon VII

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon VII, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1400 MHz, and 16384 MB of HBM2 RAM running at 1000 MHz through a 4096-bit bus. It also is made up of 3840 SPUs, 240 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		75 Watts
Radeon VII		295 Watts
	Difference: 220 Watts (293%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon VII should in theory perform quite a bit faster than the Radeon RX 460 2GB overall. (explain)

Radeon VII		1048576 MB/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 936576 (836%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon VII should be quite a bit (about 450%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon RX 460 2GB. (explain)

Radeon VII		336000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 274960 (450%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon VII is much (about 414%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Radeon RX 460 2GB, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon VII		89600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 72160 (414%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. 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 many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.