GeForce GTX 460 SE vs Radeon RX 560

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 560, which features a core clock frequency of 1175 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It is made up of 1024 SPUs, 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 SE		150 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (88%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 560 should perform a little bit faster than the GeForce GTX 460 SE overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 560		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		108800 MB/sec
	Difference: 5888 (5%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 560 will be quite a bit (approximately 141%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 SE. (explain)

Radeon RX 560		75200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		31200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 44000 (141%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 SE should be a bit (approximately 11%) more effective at AA than the Radeon RX 560, and should be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 SE		20800 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 560		18800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2000 (11%)

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 transported over 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 memory, it must be multiplied by 2 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 anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one 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 video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.