GeForce RTX 3050 vs Radeon RX 460

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 460, which comes with GPU core speed of 1090 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 896 Stream Processors, 56 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460		75 Watts
GeForce RTX 3050		130 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (73%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3050 should be much faster than the Radeon RX 460 in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		229376 MB/sec
Radeon RX 460		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 117376 (105%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 is a lot (about 103%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 460. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		124160 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 460		61040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 63120 (103%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3050 will be much (approximately 185%) more effective at AA than the Radeon RX 460, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3050		49664 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 32224 (185%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, 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 can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the 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 maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount 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 fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.