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GeForce GTX 460 2GB vs GeForce GTX 960M

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 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 960M, which has a clock frequency of 1096 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1000 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 640 SPUs, 40 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960M 65 Watts
GeForce GTX 460 2GB 160 Watts
Difference: 95 Watts (146%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 460 2GB should be 80% faster than the GeForce GTX 960M in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 2GB 115200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960M 64000 MB/sec
Difference: 51200 (80%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960M will be a small bit (about 16%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 460 2GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M 43840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 2GB 37800 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 6040 (16%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 460 2GB is superior to the GeForce GTX 960M, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 2GB 21600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M 17536 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 4064 (23%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 460 2GB GeForce GTX 960M
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year July 2010 March 12 2015
Code Name GF104 GM107
Memory 2048 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 675 MHz 1096 MHz
Memory Speed 3600 MHz 4000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 160 watts 65 watts
Bandwidth 115200 MB/sec 64000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 37800 Mtexels/sec 43840 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 21600 Mpixels/sec 17536 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 336 640
Texture Mapping Units 56 40
Render Output Units 32 16
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 28 nm
Transistors 1950 million (Unknown) million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 11 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.1 OpenGL 4.5

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount 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 rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.

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GeForce GTX 460 2GB

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