GeForce GTS 450 1GB vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Geforce GTX 760, which comes with clock speeds of 980 MHz on the GPU, and 1502 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. 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 GTS 450 1GB		106 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 64 Watts (60%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Geforce GTX 760 should be much faster than the GeForce GTS 450 1GB in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
GeForce GTS 450 1GB		57728 MB/sec
	Difference: 134528 (233%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 is a lot (more or less 275%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTS 450 1GB. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTS 450 1GB		25056 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 69024 (275%)

Pixel Rate

If running with 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 GTS 450 1GB		12528 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 18832 (150%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's 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 are processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.