GeForce GTX 460 vs GeForce GTX 950

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 950, which makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1024 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1652 MHz on this specific model. It features 768 SPUs along with 48 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 950		6536 points
GeForce GTX 460		2557 points
	Difference: 3979 (156%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950		90 Watts
GeForce GTX 460		150 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 950 should in theory be much superior to the GeForce GTX 460 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		105728 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 19328 (22%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950 will be a lot (about 30%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 460. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		49152 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460		37800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 11352 (30%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950 will be much (approximately 102%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 460, and able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		32768 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460		16200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 16568 (102%)

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

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.