GeForce GTX 460 vs GeForce GTX Titan Black

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX Titan Black, which has a clock speed of 889 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 384-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 2880 SPUs, 240 TAUs, and 48 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 Titan Black		11666 points
GeForce GTX 460		2557 points
	Difference: 9109 (356%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 460		150 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan Black		250 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX Titan Black, in theory, should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 460 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		336000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 249600 (289%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan Black will be much (more or less 464%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 460. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan Black should be a lot (about 163%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 460, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		42672 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460		16200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 26472 (163%)

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 data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.