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GeForce GTX 460 2GB vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Intro

The GeForce GTX 460 2GB comes with a GPU clock speed of 675 MHz, and the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM is set to run at 900 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 336 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, which features GPU clock speed of 1260 MHz, and 12288 MB of GDDR6X RAM running at 1188 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also features 8960 Stream Processors, 280 Texture Address Units, and 112 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 460 2GB 160 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB 350 Watts
Difference: 190 Watts (119%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, in theory, should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 460 2GB in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB 934298 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 2GB 115200 MB/sec
Difference: 819098 (711%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB will be quite a bit (approximately 833%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 2GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB 352800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 2GB 37800 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 315000 (833%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is superior to the GeForce GTX 460 2GB, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB 141120 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 2GB 21600 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 119520 (553%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 460 2GB GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year July 2010 January 2022
Code Name GF104 GA102-220-A1
Memory 2048 MB 12288 MB
Core Speed 675 MHz 1260 MHz
Memory Speed 3600 MHz 2376 GB/s
Power (Max TDP) 160 watts 350 watts
Bandwidth 115200 MB/sec 934298 MB/sec
Texel Rate 37800 Mtexels/sec 352800 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 21600 Mpixels/sec 141120 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 336 8960
Texture Mapping Units 56 280
Render Output Units 32 112
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR6X
Bus Width 256-bit 384-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 8 nm
Transistors 1950 million 28300 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 11 DirectX 12
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.1 OpenGL 4.6

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, 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 are applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video 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 most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.

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GeForce GTX 460 2GB

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