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 makes use of a 192-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is comprised 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

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 460 should be a little bit faster than 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 should be quite a bit (about 77%) better 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

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be a lot (about 106%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 460, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the 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 most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number 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 also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.