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GeForce GTS 150 vs GeForce GTX 460 2GB

Intro

The GeForce GTS 150 has a clock frequency of 740 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 500 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 55 nm design. It is comprised of 128 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 460 2GB, which makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 675 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 900 MHz on this particular model. It features 336 SPUs along with 56 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTS 150 141 Watts
GeForce GTX 460 2GB 160 Watts
Difference: 19 Watts (13%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 460 2GB will be 260% quicker than the GeForce GTS 150 in general, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 2GB 115200 MB/sec
GeForce GTS 150 32000 MB/sec
Difference: 83200 (260%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTS 150 will be a lot (about 25%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 2GB. (explain)

GeForce GTS 150 47360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 2GB 37800 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 9560 (25%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 2GB should be quite a bit (more or less 82%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTS 150, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 2GB 21600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTS 150 11840 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 9760 (82%)

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 GTS 150 GeForce GTX 460 2GB
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year March 10, 2009 July 2010
Code Name G92b GF104
Memory 1024 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 740 MHz 675 MHz
Memory Speed 1000 MHz 3600 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 141 watts 160 watts
Bandwidth 32000 MB/sec 115200 MB/sec
Texel Rate 47360 Mtexels/sec 37800 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 11840 Mpixels/sec 21600 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 128 336
Texture Mapping Units 64 56
Render Output Units 16 32
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 55 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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video 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 the video card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.

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GeForce GTS 150

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