GeForce GTX 460 SE vs GeForce GTX Titan X

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX Titan X, which has GPU core speed of 1000 MHz, and 12288 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1750 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also is made up of 3072 SPUs, 192 TAUs, and 96 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX Titan X should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 460 SE overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		336000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		108800 MB/sec
	Difference: 227200 (209%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan X should be quite a bit (about 515%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 SE. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		192000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		31200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 160800 (515%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX Titan X is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan X		96000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		20800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 75200 (362%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant 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.