GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5500 XT, which makes use of a 7 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1717 MHz. The GDDR6 RAM runs at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this particular card. 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 5500 XT		130 Watts
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		150 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (15%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 5500 XT should theoretically be a lot better than the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		108800 MB/sec
	Difference: 120576 (111%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 XT will be a lot (approximately 315%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM). (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		151096 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		36400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 114696 (315%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5500 XT is superior to the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM), and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		54944 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		20800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 34144 (164%)

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 data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.