GeForce GTX 460 vs GeForce GTX 950M

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 950M, which features GPU core speed of 914 MHz, and 2048 MB of DDR3 RAM set to run at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 640 SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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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 950M		3330 points
GeForce GTX 460		2557 points
	Difference: 773 (30%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950M		55 Watts
GeForce GTX 460		150 Watts
	Difference: 95 Watts (173%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 460 should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 950M overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460		86400 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 54400 (170%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 is just a bit (about 3%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 950M. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460		37800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		36560 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 1240 (3%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 460 is a better choice, though only just barely. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460		16200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		14624 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1576 (11%)

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 largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.