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GeForce GTX 460 2GB vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

The GeForce GTX 460 2GB features a GPU core speed of 675 MHz, and the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory is set to run at 900 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 336 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 960, which comes with a clock speed of 1127 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960 120 Watts
GeForce GTX 460 2GB 160 Watts
Difference: 40 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 460 2GB should in theory be just a bit better than the GeForce GTX 960 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 2GB 115200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960 112000 MB/sec
Difference: 3200 (3%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 should be quite a bit (approximately 91%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 2GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960 72128 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 2GB 37800 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 34328 (91%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 960 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960 36064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 2GB 21600 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 14464 (67%)

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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 460 2GB GeForce GTX 960
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year July 2010 January 2015
Code Name GF104 GM206
Memory 2048 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 675 MHz 1127 MHz
Memory Speed 3600 MHz 7000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 160 watts 120 watts
Bandwidth 115200 MB/sec 112000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 37800 Mtexels/sec 72128 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 21600 Mpixels/sec 36064 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 336 1024
Texture Mapping Units 56 64
Render Output Units 32 32
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 28 nm
Transistors 1950 million 2940 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 11 DirectX 12.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.1 OpenGL 4.5

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core 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 processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.

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