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 clocked the core speed at 1020 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1350 MHz on this particular model. It features 640 SPUs as well as 40 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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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

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 460 1GB will be 33% quicker than the GeForce GTX 750 Ti overall, because of its higher data rate. (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 is just a bit (about 8%) better 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 using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 460 1GB is a better choice, and very much so. (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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. 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 lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.