GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs Radeon RX 460 2GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, which comes with GPU core speed of 1090 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 896 Stream Processors, 56 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (127%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti should theoretically be a small bit superior to the Radeon RX 460 2GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 16256 (15%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 2GB should be a little bit (more or less 16%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 8432 (16%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 560 Ti is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8864 (51%)

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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses 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 high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output 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 reach the max fill rate.