GeForce GTX 470 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Geforce GTX 760, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 980 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1502 MHz on this model. It features 1152 SPUs along with 96 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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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 470		2937 points
	Difference: 2986 (102%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
GeForce GTX 470		215 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (26%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Geforce GTX 760 should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 470 in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 470		133920 MB/sec
	Difference: 58336 (44%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 is quite a bit (more or less 177%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 470. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		33992 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 60088 (177%)

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 should be a lot (more or less 29%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 470, and should be able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 470		24280 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 7080 (29%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's 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 in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.