GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce GTX 460 SE

Intro

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

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce GTX 460 SE		150 Watts
	Difference: 120 Watts (400%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 460 SE should theoretically be a lot superior to the GeForce GT 1030 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 SE		108800 MB/sec
GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
	Difference: 59648 (121%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 is quite a bit (about 30%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 SE. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		31200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 9280 (30%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 460 SE is superior to the GeForce GT 1030, but only just. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 SE		20800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 560 (3%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the 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 maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called 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 max fill rate.