GeForce GTX 460 SE vs Radeon RX 5500 XT

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 5500 XT, which has a core clock frequency of 1717 MHz and a GDDR6 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 7 nm design. It is made up of 1408 SPUs, 88 Texture Address Units, 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 SE		150 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (15%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 5500 XT will be 111% faster than the GeForce GTX 460 SE overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5500 XT will be much (about 384%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 SE. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		151096 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		31200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 119896 (384%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 5500 XT is superior to the GeForce GTX 460 SE, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 5500 XT		54944 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.