GeForce GTX 460 2GB vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which features a core clock frequency of 822 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1002 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 384 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 460 2GB		160 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (6%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti should be a little bit faster than the GeForce GTX 460 2GB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 2GB		115200 MB/sec
	Difference: 13056 (11%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti will be a lot (approximately 39%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 2GB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 2GB		37800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14808 (39%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 560 Ti is superior to the GeForce GTX 460 2GB, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 2GB		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4704 (22%)

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 data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied 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 better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at 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 that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. 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 lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.