Compare any two graphics cards:
GeForce GTX 460 2GB vs GeForce GTX 660 Ti
IntroThe GeForce GTX 460 2GB makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 675 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a speed of 900 MHz on this model. It features 336 SPUs along with 56 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 660 Ti, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 915 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1500 MHz on this particular model. It features 1344 SPUs along with 112 Texture Address Units and 24 Rasterization Operator Units.
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Power Usage and Theoretical BenchmarksPower Consumption (Max TDP)
Memory BandwidthThe GeForce GTX 660 Ti should in theory perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 460 2GB overall. (explain)
Texel RateThe GeForce GTX 660 Ti will be quite a bit (more or less 171%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 460 2GB. (explain)
Pixel RateIf using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 660 Ti is the winner, not by a very large margin though. (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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Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions. Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core 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 processed in one second. Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably 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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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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