GeForce GTX 460 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare all that to the Geforce GTX 760, which features GPU clock speed of 980 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1502 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 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 460		2557 points
	Difference: 3366 (132%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 460		150 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (13%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Geforce GTX 760 should theoretically be quite a bit better than the GeForce GTX 460 overall. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 105856 (123%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 will be quite a bit (about 149%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 460. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 760 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460		16200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15160 (94%)

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 data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total 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 applied in one second.

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