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GeForce GTX 460 1GB vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Intro

The GeForce GTX 460 1GB features a clock frequency of 675 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 900 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is made up of 336 SPUs, 56 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, which has core clock speeds of 1260 MHz on the GPU, and 1188 MHz on the 12288 MB of GDDR6X memory. It features 8960 SPUs along with 280 TAUs and 112 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 460 1GB 160 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB 350 Watts
Difference: 190 Watts (119%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB should in theory perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 460 1GB in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB 934298 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 1GB 115200 MB/sec
Difference: 819098 (711%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB should be quite a bit (more or less 833%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 1GB. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB 352800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 1GB 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 a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB 141120 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 1GB 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 1GB GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year July 2010 January 2022
Code Name GF104 GA102-220-A1
Memory 1024 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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once 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 AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes 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, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.

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