GeForce GTX 460 vs Nvidia Titan X

Intro

Compare all of that to the Nvidia Titan X, which has GPU core speed of 1417 MHz, and 12288 MB of GDDR5X RAM running at 1251 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also features 3584 SPUs, 224 Texture Address Units, and 96 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 460		150 Watts
Nvidia Titan X		250 Watts
	Difference: 100 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Nvidia Titan X will be 469% faster than the GeForce GTX 460 overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		491520 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 405120 (469%)

Texel Rate

The Nvidia Titan X is a lot (about 740%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 460. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		317408 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460		37800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 279608 (740%)

Pixel Rate

The Nvidia Titan X will be a lot (approximately 740%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GTX 460, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Nvidia Titan X		136032 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460		16200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 119832 (740%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics 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 number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.