GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce GTX 460

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 460, which makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 675 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a frequency of 900 MHz on this card. It features 336 SPUs as well as 56 Texture Address Units and 24 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 460		150 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 460 will be 0% faster than the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460		86400 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 384 (0%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be quite a bit (more or less 77%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 460. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460		37800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 29016 (77%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460		16200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17208 (106%)

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 over 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. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.