GeForce GTX 480 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare all of that to the Geforce GTX 760, which features a GPU core clock speed of 980 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1502 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 1152 Stream Processors, 96 TAUs, 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 760		5923 points
GeForce GTX 480		3650 points
	Difference: 2273 (62%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
GeForce GTX 480		250 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (47%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Geforce GTX 760 should theoretically be a small bit better than the GeForce GTX 480 in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 480		177408 MB/sec
	Difference: 14848 (8%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 is much (approximately 124%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 480. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 480		42000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 52080 (124%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 480 is a better choice, but only just. (explain)

GeForce GTX 480		33600 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2240 (7%)

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 maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs 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 fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.