GeForce GTX 460 SE vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448, which makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 732 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a speed of 900 MHz on this specific card. It features 448 SPUs along with 56 TAUs and 40 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 460 SE		150 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		210 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (40%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 460 SE in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		144000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		108800 MB/sec
	Difference: 35200 (32%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 should be quite a bit (more or less 31%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 SE. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		40992 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		31200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 9792 (31%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 will be much (approximately 41%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 460 SE, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		29280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		20800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8480 (41%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the 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 processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant 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.