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GeForce GTX 275 vs GeForce GTX 460 SE

Intro

The GeForce GTX 275 comes with core speeds of 633 MHz on the GPU, and 1134 MHz on the 896 MB of GDDR3 memory. It features 240 SPUs as well as 80 TAUs and 28 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 460 SE, which comes with GPU clock speed of 650 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 850 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 288 SPUs, 48 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 460 SE 150 Watts
GeForce GTX 275 219 Watts
Difference: 69 Watts (46%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 275, in theory, should be a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 460 SE overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 275 127008 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE 108800 MB/sec
Difference: 18208 (17%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 275 is much (more or less 62%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 SE. (explain)

GeForce GTX 275 50640 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE 31200 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 19440 (62%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 SE is a small bit (more or less 17%) better at AA than the GeForce GTX 275, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 SE 20800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 275 17724 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 3076 (17%)

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 275 GeForce GTX 460 SE
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year April 9, 2009 November 2010
Code Name G200b GF104
Memory 896 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 633 MHz 650 MHz
Memory Speed 2268 MHz 3400 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 219 watts 150 watts
Bandwidth 127008 MB/sec 108800 MB/sec
Texel Rate 50640 Mtexels/sec 31200 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 17724 Mpixels/sec 20800 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 240 288
Texture Mapping Units 80 48
Render Output Units 28 32
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 448-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 55 nm 40 nm
Transistors 1400 million 1950 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.1 OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.

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GeForce GTX 275

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GeForce GTX 460 SE

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