GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 460 SE

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 460 SE, which comes with core speeds of 650 MHz on the GPU, and 850 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 288 SPUs along with 48 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

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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

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should theoretically be a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 460 SE overall. (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 is a lot (more or less 98%) better at texture filtering 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 should be quite a bit (about 98%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTX 460 SE, and also capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.