GeForce GTX 460 vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 822 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a speed of 1002 MHz on this specific model. It features 384 SPUs as well as 64 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		3466 points
GeForce GTX 460		2557 points
	Difference: 909 (36%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 460		150 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (13%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti should in theory perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 460 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 41856 (48%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti is quite a bit (more or less 39%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 460. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460		37800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14808 (39%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 560 Ti is superior to the GeForce GTX 460, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460		16200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 10104 (62%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, 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 most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount 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 also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.