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GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) vs GeForce GTX 460 SE

Intro

The GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) features a GPU clock speed of 650 MHz, and the 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM is set to run at 850 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 336 Stream Processors, 56 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 460 SE, which comes with a core clock speed of 650 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 850 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It features 288 SPUs, 48 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Both cards have the same power consumption.

Memory Bandwidth

Both cards have exactly the same memory bandwidth, so theoretically they should have identical performance. (explain)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) will be a small bit (about 17%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 SE. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) 36400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE 31200 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 5200 (17%)

Pixel Rate

Both cards have exactly the same pixel fill rate, so theoretically they should be equally good at at FSAA, and be capable of handling the same screen resolutions. (explain)

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 (OEM) GeForce GTX 460 SE
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year October 2010 November 2010
Code Name GF104 GF104
Memory 1024 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 650 MHz 650 MHz
Memory Speed 3400 MHz 3400 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 150 watts 150 watts
Bandwidth 108800 MB/sec 108800 MB/sec
Texel Rate 36400 Mtexels/sec 31200 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 20800 Mpixels/sec 20800 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 336 288
Texture Mapping Units 56 48
Render Output Units 32 32
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 40 nm
Transistors 1950 million 1950 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe x16
DirectX Version DirectX 11 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.1 OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.

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GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)

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GeForce GTX 460 SE

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