GeForce GTX 1050 vs GeForce GTX 460

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 460, which features a clock frequency of 675 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 900 MHz. It also uses a 192-bit memory bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It is made up of 336 SPUs, 56 Texture Address Units, and 24 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 1050		6657 points
GeForce GTX 460		2557 points
	Difference: 4100 (160%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 460		150 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1050 is 33% faster than the GeForce GTX 460 overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 28288 (33%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is a lot (about 43%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 460. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be quite a bit (about 167%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 460, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460		16200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 27128 (167%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.