GeForce GTX 465 vs Radeon RX 460 2GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, which features a clock frequency of 1090 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 896 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 465		200 Watts
	Difference: 125 Watts (167%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 460 2GB is 9% faster than the GeForce GTX 465 overall, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 465		102592 MB/sec
	Difference: 9408 (9%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 2GB is a lot (more or less 129%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 465. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 465		26708 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 34332 (129%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 465 will be just a bit (approximately 11%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon RX 460 2GB, and will be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 465		19424 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1984 (11%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, 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 number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.