GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 460 2GB

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 460 2GB, which has GPU clock speed of 675 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 900 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 336 Stream Processors, 56 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 460 2GB		160 Watts
	Difference: 85 Watts (113%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 460 2GB should be 0% faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 2GB		115200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 512 (0%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should be much (about 64%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 460 2GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 2GB		37800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 24120 (64%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 2GB		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 19680 (91%)

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 largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.