GeForce GTX 460 1GB vs Radeon RX 560

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 560, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1175 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this card. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 560		80 Watts
GeForce GTX 460 1GB		160 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 460 1GB is 0% faster than the Radeon RX 560 overall, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 1GB		115200 MB/sec
Radeon RX 560		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 512 (0%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 560 is much (about 99%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 460 1GB. (explain)

Radeon RX 560		75200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 1GB		37800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 37400 (99%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 1GB should be a little bit (about 15%) better at AA than the Radeon RX 560, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 1GB		21600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 560		18800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2800 (15%)

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 MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could 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 Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. 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, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.