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GeForce 8800 GT 1GB vs GeForce GTX 460 SE

Intro

The GeForce 8800 GT 1GB features a GPU clock speed of 600 MHz, and the 1024 MB of GDDR3 memory runs at 900 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 112 SPUs, 56 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 460 SE, which has a GPU core clock speed of 650 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 850 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 288 SPUs, 48 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB 105 Watts
GeForce GTX 460 SE 150 Watts
Difference: 45 Watts (43%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 460 SE, in theory, should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 SE 108800 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 1GB 57600 MB/sec
Difference: 51200 (89%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GT 1GB is a small bit (more or less 8%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 460 SE. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB 33600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE 31200 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 2400 (8%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 460 SE is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 SE 20800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 1GB 9600 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 11200 (117%)

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 8800 GT 1GB GeForce GTX 460 SE
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year Dec 2007 November 2010
Code Name G92 GF104
Memory 1024 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 600 MHz 650 MHz
Memory Speed 1800 MHz 3400 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 105 watts 150 watts
Bandwidth 57600 MB/sec 108800 MB/sec
Texel Rate 33600 Mtexels/sec 31200 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 9600 Mpixels/sec 20800 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 112 288
Texture Mapping Units 56 48
Render Output Units 16 32
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 256-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 65 nm 40 nm
Transistors 754 million 1950 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR 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 worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant 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 maximum fill rate.

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GeForce 8800 GT 1GB

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GeForce GTX 460 SE

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