GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs GeForce GTX 460

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 460, which has a core clock frequency of 675 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 900 MHz. It also uses a 192-bit bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is made up of 336 SPUs, 56 Texture Address Units, and 24 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
GeForce GTX 460		150 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 460 should in theory be just a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460		86400 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
	Difference: 384 (0%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB will be much (approximately 77%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 460. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460		37800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 29016 (77%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is superior to the GeForce GTX 460, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460		16200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17208 (106%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must 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, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated 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 graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.