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

The GTX 750 has a 294 MHz higher core clock speed than the GTX 460, but the GTX 460 has 24 more Texture Mapping Units than the GTX 750. As a result, the GTX 460 exhibits a 8.9 GTexel/s better Texture Fill Rate than the GTX 750. 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 has a 294 MHz higher core clock speed than the GTX 460, but the GTX 460 has 16 more Render Output Units than the GTX 750. As a result, the GTX 460 exhibits a 7.6 GPixel/s better Pixel Fill Rate than the GTX 750. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.

The GTX 750 was released over three years more recently than the GTX 460, and so the GTX 750 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 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 38.2 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the GTX 750, which means that the memory performance of the GTX 460 is noticeably better than the GTX 750.

The GeForce GTX 750 MSI OC 2GB Edition has 512 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce GTX 460 PNY 1GB OC Edition has 336. However, the actual shader performance of the GTX 750 is 786 and the actual shader performance of the GTX 460 is 514. The GTX 750 having 272 better shader performance is not particularly notable, as altogether the GTX 460 performs better when taking into account other relevant data.

The GTX 750 transistor size technology is 12 nm (nanometers) smaller than the GTX 460. This means that the GTX 750 is expected to run slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the GTX 460. While they exhibit similar graphical performance, the GTX 750 should consume less power than the GTX 460.

The GeForce GTX 750 MSI OC 2GB Edition requires 55 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 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. 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.