GeForce GTX 460 SE vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 760, which comes with core speeds of 980 MHz on the GPU, and 1502 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1152 SPUs along with 96 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Geforce GTX 760 should be 77% faster than the GeForce GTX 460 SE overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 will be much (about 202%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 SE. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		31200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 62880 (202%)

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 will be a lot (about 51%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 460 SE, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		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 largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must 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 anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video 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 that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.