GeForce GTX 460 vs Geforce GTX 670

Intro

Compare that to the Geforce GTX 670, which features GPU core speed of 915 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1500 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1344 Stream Processors, 112 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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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.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Geforce GTX 670		7351 points
GeForce GTX 460		2557 points
	Difference: 4794 (187%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 460		150 Watts
Geforce GTX 670		170 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (13%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Geforce GTX 670 should in theory be a lot superior to the GeForce GTX 460 in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 670		192000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 105600 (122%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 670 is a lot (approximately 171%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 460. (explain)

Geforce GTX 670		102480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460		37800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 64680 (171%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 670 is superior to the GeForce GTX 460, and very much so. (explain)

Geforce GTX 670		29280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460		16200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13080 (81%)

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.