GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 460 1GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 460 1GB, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 675 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 900 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 336 Stream Processors, 56 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 460 1GB		160 Watts
	Difference: 85 Watts (113%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 460 1GB should be just a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 1GB		115200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 512 (0%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should be quite a bit (approximately 64%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 1GB		37800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 24120 (64%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti will be quite a bit (approximately 91%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 460 1GB, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 1GB		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 maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core 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 applied in a second.

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