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GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 vs GeForce GTX 460 SE

Intro

The GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 comes with clock speeds of 576 MHz on the GPU, and 999 MHz on the 896 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 216 SPUs as well as 72 Texture Address Units and 28 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 460 SE, which has GPU clock speed of 650 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 850 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 288 Stream Processors, 48 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 460 SE 150 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 202 Watts
Difference: 52 Watts (35%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 should in theory perform a little bit faster than the GeForce GTX 460 SE overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 111888 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE 108800 MB/sec
Difference: 3088 (3%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 should be a lot (about 33%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 SE. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 41472 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE 31200 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 10272 (33%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 SE will be much (approximately 29%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 SE 20800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 16128 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 4672 (29%)

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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 GeForce GTX 460 SE
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year September 16, 2008 November 2010
Code Name G200 GF104
Memory 896 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 576 MHz 650 MHz
Memory Speed 1998 MHz 3400 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 202 watts 150 watts
Bandwidth 111888 MB/sec 108800 MB/sec
Texel Rate 41472 Mtexels/sec 31200 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 16128 Mpixels/sec 20800 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 216 288
Texture Mapping Units 72 48
Render Output Units 28 32
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 448-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 65 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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics 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 most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour 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 output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.

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GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

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