In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti MSI Gaming 2GB Edition are noticeably better than the Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 PNY 1GB OC Edition.

The GTX 750 Ti has a 320 MHz higher core clock speed but 16 fewer Texture Mapping Units than the GTX 460. The lower TMU count doesn't matter, though, as altogether the GTX 750 Ti manages to provide 0.6 GTexel/s better texturing performance. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.

The GTX 750 Ti has a 320 MHz higher core clock speed than the GTX 460, but the GTX 460 has 16 more Render Output Units than the GTX 750 Ti. As a result, the GTX 460 exhibits a 7.1 GPixel/s better Pixel Fill Rate than the GTX 750 Ti. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.

The GTX 750 Ti was released over three years more recently than the GTX 460, and so the GTX 750 Ti is likely to have far better driver support, meaning it will be much more optimized and ultimately superior to the GTX 460 when running the latest games.

The GTX 750 Ti has 1024 MB more video memory than the GTX 460, so is likely to be much better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. However, the overall memory performance is about the same.

The GTX 460 has 32 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the GTX 750 Ti, which means that the memory performance of the GTX 460 is noticeably better than the GTX 750 Ti.

The GeForce GTX 750 Ti MSI Gaming 2GB Edition has 640 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce GTX 460 PNY 1GB OC Edition has 336. However, the actual shader performance of the GTX 750 Ti is 1005 and the actual shader performance of the GTX 460 is 514. The GTX 750 Ti having 491 better shader performance is not particularly notable, as altogether the GTX 460 performs better when taking into account other relevant data.

The GTX 750 Ti transistor size technology is 12 nm (nanometers) smaller than the GTX 460. This means that the GTX 750 Ti is expected to run slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the GTX 460.

The GeForce GTX 750 Ti MSI Gaming 2GB Edition requires 60 Watts to run but there is no entry for the GeForce GTX 460 PNY 1GB OC Edition. We would recommend a PSU with at least 400 Watts for the GTX 750 Ti and a PSU with at least 450 Watts for the GTX 460. The GTX 460 has been recommended a PSU with 50 Watts more than the GTX 750 Ti. The difference is significant enough that the GTX 460 may have a slight adverse affect on your yearly electricity bills in comparison to the GTX 750 Ti.