GeForce GTX 460 SE vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which features core clock speeds of 822 MHz on the GPU, and 1002 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 384 SPUs as well as 64 Texture Address Units and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti should in theory be just a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 460 SE in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		108800 MB/sec
	Difference: 19456 (18%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti should be quite a bit (about 69%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 460 SE. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		31200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 21408 (69%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 560 Ti is superior to the GeForce GTX 460 SE, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		20800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5504 (26%)

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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. 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 quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.