GeForce GTX 460 SE vs GeForce GTX 960M

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 960M, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1096 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this specific card. It features 640 SPUs as well as 40 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

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

GeForce GTX 460 SE		108800 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 44800 (70%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960M should be a lot (more or less 41%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 460 SE. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		31200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 12640 (41%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 460 SE is the winner, not by a very large margin though. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 SE		20800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		17536 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3264 (19%)

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 max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video 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 amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of 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.