GeForce GTX 470 vs Radeon RX 460 2GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, which comes with core clock speeds of 1090 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 896 SPUs along with 56 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 470		215 Watts
	Difference: 140 Watts (187%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 470 should theoretically be a bit better than the Radeon RX 460 2GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 470		133920 MB/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
	Difference: 21920 (20%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 2GB will be quite a bit (approximately 80%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 470. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		33992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 27048 (80%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 470 is quite a bit (approximately 39%) better at AA than the Radeon RX 460 2GB, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 470		24280 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6840 (39%)

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 max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, 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. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock 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 quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.