GeForce GTX 460 1GB vs GeForce GTX 750 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 750 Ti, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1020 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a speed of 1350 MHz on this card. It features 640 SPUs as well as 40 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 750 Ti		60 Watts
GeForce GTX 460 1GB		160 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (167%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 460 1GB should theoretically be much faster than the GeForce GTX 750 Ti overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 1GB		115200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 750 Ti		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 28800 (33%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 750 Ti will be a bit (approximately 8%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 750 Ti		40800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 1GB		37800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 3000 (8%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 460 1GB is superior to the GeForce GTX 750 Ti, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 1GB		21600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 750 Ti		16320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5280 (32%)

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 maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total 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 handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of 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.