GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare all that to the Geforce GTX 760, which features a clock speed of 980 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1502 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and makes use of 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 (OEM)		150 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (13%)

Memory Bandwidth

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

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		108800 MB/sec
	Difference: 83456 (77%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 should be much (approximately 158%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM). (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		36400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 57680 (158%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 760 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		20800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 10560 (51%)

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 max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 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 AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better 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 the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.