GeForce GTX 460 vs GT 8800 |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Significantly higher effective memory clock speed | 3,600 MHz | vs | 2,020 MHz | Around 80% higher effective memory clock speed | |||
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| Higher memory bandwidth | 115.2 GB/s | vs | 64.6 GB/s | Around 80% higher memory bandwidth | |||
| More render output processors | 32 | vs | 16 | Twice as many render output processors | |||
| Slightly better floating-point performance | 907.2 GFLOPS | vs | 392 GFLOPS | More than 2.2x better floating-point performance | |||
| More shading units | 336 | vs | 112 | Three times as many shading units | |||
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| Higher memory clock speed | 1,010 MHz | vs | 900 MHz | More than 10% higher memory clock speed | |||
| Lower TDP | 125W | vs | 160W | More than 20% lower TDP | |||
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Features Key features of the GeForce GTX 460 vs GT 8800
memory bandwidth Rate at which data can be read from or stored in onboard memory
pixel rate Number of pixels a graphics card can render to the screen every second
texture rate Speed at which a graphics card can perform texture mapping
floating point performance How fast the gpu can crunch numbers
shading units Subcomponents of the gpu, these run in parallel to enable fast pixel shading
texture mapping units Built into each gpu, these resize and rotate bitmaps for texturing scenes
Specifications Full list of technical specs
gpu | GeForce GTX 460 | vs | GT 8800 |
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| GPU brand | Nvidia | Nvidia | |
| GPU name | GF104 | G92 | |
| Market | Desktop | Desktop | |
| Clock speed | 675 MHz | 700 MHz | |
| Is dual GPU | No | No | |
| Reference card | None | Nvidia GeForce GT 8800 GT 600 MHz 512 MB | |
raw performance | |||
| Shading units | 336 | 112 | |
| Texture mapping units | 56 | 56 | |
| Render output processors | 32 | 16 | |
| Pixel rate | 9.45 GPixel/s | 11.2 GPixel/s | |
| Texture rate | 37.8 GTexel/s | 39.2 GTexel/s | |
| Floating-point performance | 907.2 GFLOPS | 392 GFLOPS | |
memory | GeForce GTX 460 | vs | GT 8800 |
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| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1,010 MHz | |
| Effective memory clock speed | 3,600 MHz | 2,020 MHz | |
| Memory bus | 256 bit | 256 bit | |
| Memory | 1,024 MB | 512 MB | |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 | |
| Memory bandwidth | 115.2 GB/s | 64.6 GB/s | |
noise and power | |||
| TDP | 160W | 125W | |
