GeForce GTX 470 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 760, which features a core clock frequency of 980 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1502 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 1152 SPUs, 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 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

In theory, the Geforce GTX 760 will be 44% faster than the GeForce GTX 470 in general, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 will be much (about 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

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 760 is the winner, by a large margin. (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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to its 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 core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.