Radeon R7 360 vs Radeon RX 460 2GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, which comes with core speeds of 1090 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 896 SPUs as well as 56 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

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Radeon RX 460 2GB		117 Sol/s
Radeon R7 360		98 Sol/s
	Difference: 19 (19%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		75 Watts
Radeon R7 360		100 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 460 2GB should theoretically be a small bit faster than the Radeon R7 360 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 360		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 8000 (8%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 2GB will be a lot (about 21%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R7 360. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 360		50400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 10640 (21%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 2GB is a little bit (about 4%) more effective at AA than the Radeon R7 360, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 360		16800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 640 (4%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.