GeForce GTS 450 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare that to the Geforce GTX 760, which features a GPU core clock speed of 980 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1502 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 1152 Stream Processors, 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 GTS 450		1453 points
	Difference: 4470 (308%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTS 450		106 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 64 Watts (60%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Geforce GTX 760 is 233% quicker than the GeForce GTS 450 overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 should be much (approximately 275%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTS 450. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 should be a lot (approximately 150%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GTS 450, and able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTS 450		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 MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is calculated 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 video 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 number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.