GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 960, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1127 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a speed of 1750 MHz on this particular card. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		150 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (25%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 960 should theoretically be just a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		108800 MB/sec
	Difference: 3200 (3%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 will be a lot (approximately 98%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM). (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		36400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 35728 (98%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 960 is superior to the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM), by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		20800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15264 (73%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock 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 processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to the 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 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 lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.