GeForce GTX 460 2GB vs Radeon RX 560

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 560, which has GPU core speed of 1175 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 1024 Stream Processors, 64 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 560		80 Watts
GeForce GTX 460 2GB		160 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 460 2GB should in theory be a small bit superior to the Radeon RX 560 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 2GB		115200 MB/sec
Radeon RX 560		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 512 (0%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 560 will be much (more or less 99%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 2GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 560		75200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 2GB		37800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 37400 (99%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 460 2GB is a better choice, though not by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 2GB		21600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 560		18800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2800 (15%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. 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 also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.