GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 960, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 1127 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		150 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (25%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 960 should be 3% faster than the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		108800 MB/sec
	Difference: 3200 (3%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 should be a lot (about 98%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM). (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		36400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 35728 (98%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution 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 (OEM)		20800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15264 (73%)

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 max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling 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 video card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.