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GeForce GTX 460 SE vs GeForce GTX 880M

Intro

The GeForce GTX 460 SE features a GPU core clock speed of 650 MHz, and the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory is set to run at 850 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 288 SPUs, 48 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 880M, which comes with GPU clock speed of 954 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1000 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 1536 SPUs, 128 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 880M 130 Watts
GeForce GTX 460 SE 150 Watts
Difference: 20 Watts (15%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 880M should in theory be a little bit faster than the GeForce GTX 460 SE overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 880M 128000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE 108800 MB/sec
Difference: 19200 (18%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 880M should be a lot (approximately 291%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 SE. (explain)

GeForce GTX 880M 122112 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE 31200 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 90912 (291%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 880M is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 880M 30528 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE 20800 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 9728 (47%)

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 SE GeForce GTX 880M
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year November 2010 March 12 2014
Code Name GF104 GK104
Memory 1024 MB 4096 MB
Core Speed 650 MHz 954 MHz
Memory Speed 3400 MHz 4000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 150 watts 130 watts
Bandwidth 108800 MB/sec 128000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 31200 Mtexels/sec 122112 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 20800 Mpixels/sec 30528 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 288 1536
Texture Mapping Units 48 128
Render Output Units 32 32
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 256-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 maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the 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 applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.

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GeForce GTX 460 SE

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