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GeForce 9800 GTX vs GeForce GTX 460

Intro

The GeForce 9800 GTX features a core clock frequency of 675 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 1100 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 65 nm design. It is made up of 128 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 460, which features core speeds of 675 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 768 MB of GDDR5 memory. 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 9800 GTX 140 Watts
GeForce GTX 460 150 Watts
Difference: 10 Watts (7%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 460 should in theory be quite a bit faster than the GeForce 9800 GTX in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 86400 MB/sec
GeForce 9800 GTX 70400 MB/sec
Difference: 16000 (23%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9800 GTX should be a bit (more or less 14%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 460. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GTX 43200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 37800 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 5400 (14%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 460 is superior to the GeForce 9800 GTX, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 16200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9800 GTX 10800 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 5400 (50%)

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 9800 GTX GeForce GTX 460
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year April 2008 July 2010
Code Name G92 GF104
Memory 512 MB 768 MB
Core Speed 675 MHz 675 MHz
Memory Speed 2200 MHz 3600 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 140 watts 150 watts
Bandwidth 70400 MB/sec 86400 MB/sec
Texel Rate 43200 Mtexels/sec 37800 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 10800 Mpixels/sec 16200 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 128 336
Texture Mapping Units 64 56
Render Output Units 16 24
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 192-bit
Fab Process 65 nm 40 nm
Transistors 754 million 1950 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure 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 video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.

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