GeForce GTX 460 1GB vs GeForce GTX Titan Black

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX Titan Black, which features GPU clock speed of 889 MHz, and 6144 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1750 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also features 2880 SPUs, 240 TAUs, and 48 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 460 1GB		160 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan Black		250 Watts
	Difference: 90 Watts (56%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX Titan Black should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 460 1GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		336000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 1GB		115200 MB/sec
	Difference: 220800 (192%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan Black is quite a bit (about 464%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 460 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		213360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 1GB		37800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 175560 (464%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX Titan Black is superior to the GeForce GTX 460 1GB, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		42672 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 1GB		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 21072 (98%)

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 data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. 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 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 card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of 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 ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on 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 max fill rate.