GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Geforce GTX 760, which features GPU clock speed of 980 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1502 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 1152 Stream Processors, 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

Performance-wise, the Geforce GTX 760 should theoretically be quite a bit better than the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 is much (about 158%) better at anisotropic 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 running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 760 is superior to the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM), and very much so. (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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.