GeForce GTX 1630 vs Radeon RX 460 2GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, which features 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 SPUs, 56 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 460 2GB should in theory be just a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 1630 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		98304 MB/sec
	Difference: 13696 (14%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 2GB will be just a bit (approximately 10%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 1630. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		55680 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 5360 (10%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1630 will be much (about 60%) more effective at FSAA than the Radeon RX 460 2GB, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		27840 Mpixels/sec
Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 10400 (60%)

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 largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range 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 worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units 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 one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to 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 potential to get to the max fill rate.