GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 460 SE

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 460 SE, which comes with a clock speed of 650 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 850 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It features 288 SPUs, 48 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, in theory, should perform just a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 460 SE in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		108800 MB/sec
	Difference: 5888 (5%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti will be much (about 98%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 460 SE. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		31200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 30720 (98%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti will be quite a bit (more or less 98%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 460 SE, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		20800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 20480 (98%)

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 max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If 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, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 most pixels that the graphics card could 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 Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.