Radeon RX 460 vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon RX 6950 XT, which comes with clock speeds of 1925 MHz on the GPU, and 2250 MHz on the 16384 MB of GDDR6 memory. It features 5120 SPUs as well as 320 TAUs and 128 Rasterization Operator Units.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460		75 Watts
Radeon RX 6950 XT		335 Watts
	Difference: 260 Watts (347%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 6950 XT should perform a lot faster than the Radeon RX 460 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		589824 MB/sec
Radeon RX 460		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 477824 (427%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6950 XT will be a lot (about 909%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon RX 460. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		616000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon RX 460		61040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 554960 (909%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6950 XT is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 6950 XT		246400 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 228960 (1313%)

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 information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.