GeForce GTX 460 2GB vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare all that to the Geforce GTX 760, which comes with a core clock frequency of 980 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1502 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1152 SPUs, 96 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 460 2GB		160 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (6%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Geforce GTX 760 should theoretically be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 460 2GB overall. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 2GB		115200 MB/sec
	Difference: 77056 (67%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 should be a lot (approximately 149%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 2GB. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 2GB		37800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 56280 (149%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 760 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 2GB		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9760 (45%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling 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 card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.