Radeon RX 460 vs Radeon RX 5600 XT

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 5600 XT, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1375 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM is set to run at a speed of 1500 MHz on this model. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 TAUs and 64 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460		75 Watts
Radeon RX 5600 XT		160 Watts
	Difference: 85 Watts (113%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 5600 XT should be 207% faster than the Radeon RX 460 in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		344064 MB/sec
Radeon RX 460		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 232064 (207%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT should be much (more or less 224%) more effective at AF than the Radeon RX 460. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		198000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 460		61040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 136960 (224%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5600 XT is a lot (more or less 405%) better at AA than the Radeon RX 460, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 5600 XT		88000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 70560 (405%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.