GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 460 1GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 460 1GB, which makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 675 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 900 MHz on this specific card. 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 GTX 1050		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 460 1GB		160 Watts
	Difference: 85 Watts (113%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 460 1GB should theoretically be a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 1050 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 1GB		115200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
	Difference: 512 (0%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is much (approximately 43%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 1GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 1GB		37800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 16360 (43%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 1GB		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 21728 (101%)

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 over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics 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 can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of 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.