GeForce GTX 460 vs GeForce GTX 960M

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 960M, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1096 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 640 Stream Processors, 40 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

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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 960M		4350 points
GeForce GTX 460		2557 points
	Difference: 1793 (70%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960M		65 Watts
GeForce GTX 460		150 Watts
	Difference: 85 Watts (131%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 460 should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 960M overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460		86400 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 22400 (35%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960M is just a bit (approximately 16%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 460. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 960M is the winner, though only just barely. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		17536 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460		16200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1336 (8%)

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 information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses 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, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.