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Radeon RX 460 2GB vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

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The Radeon RX 460 2GB comes with a clock speed of 1090 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It features 896 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5500 XT, which comes with a core clock speed of 1717 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It is comprised of 1408 SPUs, 88 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460 2GB 75 Watts
Radeon RX 5500 XT 130 Watts
Difference: 55 Watts (73%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 5500 XT should theoretically be quite a bit faster than the Radeon RX 460 2GB in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT 229376 MB/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB 112000 MB/sec
Difference: 117376 (105%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 XT should be much (more or less 148%) better at AF than the Radeon RX 460 2GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT 151096 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB 61040 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 90056 (148%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 XT is quite a bit (about 215%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 460 2GB, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT 54944 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB 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

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Specifications

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Model Radeon RX 460 2GB Radeon RX 5500 XT
Manufacturer AMD AMD
Year August 2016 December 2019
Code Name Polaris 11 Navi 14 XTX
Memory 2048 MB 8192 MB
Core Speed 1090 MHz 1717 MHz
Memory Speed 7000 MHz 3500 GB/s
Power (Max TDP) 75 watts 130 watts
Bandwidth 112000 MB/sec 229376 MB/sec
Texel Rate 61040 Mtexels/sec 151096 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 17440 Mpixels/sec 54944 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 896 1408
Texture Mapping Units 56 88
Render Output Units 16 32
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR6
Bus Width 128-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 14 nm 7 nm
Transistors 3000 million 6400 million
Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 ×16
DirectX Version DirectX 12.0 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 4.6

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better 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 number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the 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 video card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.

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Radeon RX 460 2GB

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Radeon RX 5500 XT

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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.

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