GeForce GTX 460 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

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

The Geforce GTX 760 should in theory be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 460 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 is a lot (approximately 149%) better 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

The Geforce GTX 760 is quite a bit (about 94%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 460, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling 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 graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.