Radeon RX 460 vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 5500 XT, which features clock speeds of 1717 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 8192 MB of GDDR6 RAM. It features 1408 SPUs along with 88 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460		75 Watts
Radeon RX 5500 XT		130 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (73%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 5500 XT should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the Radeon RX 460 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		229376 MB/sec
Radeon RX 460		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 117376 (105%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 XT should be much (approximately 148%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon RX 460. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		151096 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 460		61040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 90056 (148%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 XT should be much (about 215%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 460, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		54944 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 37504 (215%)

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 max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is worked out 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 graphics 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 maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.