GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) vs GeForce GTX 960

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 960, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1127 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 1024 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		150 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (25%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 960 should in theory perform a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		108800 MB/sec
	Difference: 3200 (3%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 will be much (more or less 98%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM). (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		36400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 35728 (98%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 is much (more or less 73%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM), and also will be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		20800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15264 (73%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed 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 better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.