GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GTX 460 SE

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 460 SE, which features core speeds of 650 MHz on the GPU, and 850 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 288 SPUs along with 48 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 460 SE		150 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti is 5% quicker than the GeForce GTX 460 SE overall, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		108800 MB/sec
	Difference: 5888 (5%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti will be much (about 98%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 SE. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		61920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		31200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 30720 (98%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 Ti should be quite a bit (approximately 98%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 460 SE, and able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti		41280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		20800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 20480 (98%)

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

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure 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 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 maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called 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, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.