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IndexGF104: NVIDIA Goes SuperscalarThe Rest of GF104Meet the GTX 460The TestCrysis: WarheadBattleForge: DX10BattleForge: DX11HAWXLeft 4 DeadBattlefield: Bad Company 2STALKER: Call of PripyatDIRT 2Mass Effect 2WolfensteinCompute & Tessellation PerformancePower, Temperature, & NoiseOverclockingConclusion

At the very end of May we saw NVIDIA’s first effort to expand Fermi beyond the $300 space with the GeForce GTX 465, a further cut-down GF100 core priced at launch at $279. Unfortunately for NVIDIA, it wasn’t even a lackluster launch – while GF100 performs quite well with most of its functional units enabled (i.e. GTX 480), disabling additional units isn’t doing the GPU any favors. Furthermore disabling those units does little to temper the chip’s high power draw – something that’s only reasonable on the higher-end cards – resulting in a card that ate a lot of power while losing to AMD’s Radeon HD 5850.

In short, the GTX 465 is a lesson of how you can only cut down GPU so far. NVIDIA went too far, and ended up with a part that had GTX 285 performance and GTX 470 power consumption.

Today NVIDIA is back in the saddle with something entirely new: GF104 and the GTX 460. The second member of the Fermi family is ready for its day in the sun, and in many ways it’s nothing like we expected. Designed from the start as a smaller chip than GF100, GF104 is the basis of the GTX 460 line of products which fix the GTX 465’s ills while delivering the GTX 465’s performance. It’s what the GTX 465 should have been, and it’s priced as low as $199. And as we’ll see, it’s the first NVIDIA card in a long time that we can give a glowing review for.

	GTX 480	GTX 465	GTX 460 1GB	GTX 460 768MB	GTX 285
Stream Processors	480	352	336	336	240
Texture Address / Filtering	60/60	44/44	56/56	56/56	80 / 80
ROPs	48	32	32	24	32
Core Clock	700MHz	607MHz	675MHz	675MHz	648MHz
Shader Clock	1401MHz	1215MHz	1350MHz	1350MHz	1476MHz
Memory Clock	924MHz (3696MHz data rate) GDDR5	802MHz (3208MHz data rate) GDDR5	900MHz (3. 6GHz data rate) GDDR5	900MHz (3.6GHz data rate) GDDR5	1242MHz (2484MHz data rate) GDDR3
Memory Bus Width	384-bit	256-bit	256-bit	192-bit	512-bit
Frame Buffer	1.5GB	1GB	1GB	768MB	1GB
FP64	1/8 FP32	1/8 FP32	1/12 FP32	1/12 FP32	1/12 FP32
Transistor Count	3B	3B	1. 95B	1.95B	1.4B
Manufacturing Process	TSMC 40nm	TSMC 40nm	TSMC 40nm	TSMC 40nm	TSMC 55nm
Price Point	$499	$249	$229	$199	N/A

GF104, the heart of the GTX 460 series being launched today, is the first waterfall part of the Fermi family. As we saw with AMD’s Radeon HD 5000 series last year and NVIDIA’s GeForce 9000 series before that, NVIDIA is in the process of taking the base GF100 design and reducing it for the construction of smaller, lower performing GPUs suitable for use in video cards at lower prices for the larger markets.

The final tally for GF104 is 1.95 billion transistors, which occupies a die space slightly more than that of AMD’s Cypress in the 5800 series. To put this in comparison, this is about 200 million fewer transistors than AMD’s Cypress, or 550 million more than NVIDIA’s older GT200 GPU that powered the GeForce GTX 200 series. This makes the GF104 the biggest GPU we’ve seen for the prices NVIDIA is targeting, a sign of the increasing pricing pressure between NVIDIA and AMD.

GF104 like GF100 before it is not initially being shipped in a “full” configuration. The chip has 2 Graphics Processing Clusters (GPCs) containing 4 SMs each, for a total of 8 SMs adding up to 384 CUDA cores. The GeForce GTX 460 will be shipping with 1 of the 8 SMs disabled, leaving it with 336 enabled CUDA cores. NVIDIA tells us that the reason they’re shipping the first GF104 parts with a disabled SM is due to yields – they wouldn’t be able to meet the demand for cards if they only shipped cards with 8 functional SMs. Unlike GF100, outirght poor yields don’t appear to be a huge factor here. Our impression from discussing the issue with NVIDIA is that GF104 is yielding around where it should be for a chip of its size, with NVIDIA choosing to take a hit on selling “full” chips for a higher price in order to sell more chips overall. In any case it gives them some room for expansion in the future should they decide to release a “full” GF104 based product.

Perhaps the most surprising thing about GF104 is that it’s not a simple reduced version of GF100 like what AMD did with the Evergreen series. Instead NVIDIA made some very significant changes to the design of their SMs for GF104, resulting in a waterfall product that’s undoubtedly Fermi but also notably different from GF100. There’s a lot to discuss here, so we’ll get more in to this in a bit.

Moving on to the cards, NVIDIA is launching 2 cards today. At $229 there is the GeForce GTX 460 1GB, the closest thing we’ll see to a “full” GF104 part for the time being. The GTX 460 1GB has 7 of 8 SMs enabled along with all 32 ROPs, with a 256bit memory bus connecting the GPU to 1GB of GDDR5. The core is clocked at 675MHz core, 1350MHz shader, and 900MHz (3.6GHz effective) memory. The TDP for this part is 160W, with an unofficial idle power draw in the 20W-30W range.

The other GeForce GTX 460 being launched today is the GeForce GTX 460 768MB at $199, a slightly further cut-down card. As NVIDIA’s ROPs are closely tied to their memory controllers, the only way to reduce the amount of memory on a card is to disable memory controllers along with the ROPs. As a result the GTX 460 768MB has less memory than the GTX 460 1GB, but also only 24 ROPs connected to a 192bit memory bus. The shaders remain unchanged, giving the GTX 460 768MB the same compute/shading abilities as the GTX 460 1GB, but only 75% of the ROP capability and memory bandwidth. The clocks are unchanged from the GTX 460 1GB: 675MHz core, 1350MHz shader, and 900MHz (3.6GHz effective) memory.

Given these differences, we’re a bit dumbfounded by the naming. With the differences in memory and the differences in the ROP count, the two GTX 460 cards are distinctly different. If NVIDIA changed the clockspeeds in the slightest, we’d have the reincarnation of the GTX 275 and GTX 260. NVIDIA’s position is that the cards are close enough that they should have the same name, but this isn’t something we agree with. One of these cards should have had a different model number – probably the 768MB card with something like the GTX 455. The 1GB card does not eclipse the 768MB card, but this is going to lead to a lot of buyer confusion. The best GTX 460 is not the $199 one.

Today’s launch will be a mixed bag in terms of availability. $199 has long been known to be a critical price point with buyers, which is what makes this card so important for NVIDIA as it allows them to finally tap that market once more. However to get there they’re using their entire initial run of GF104 to build the 768MB versions of the GTX 460. There should be plenty of 768MB cards available for today’s launch, but the bulk of 1GB cards are roughly 2 weeks late (1 or 2 may show up early if the vendor does rush shipping). So what we have is a hard launch for the GTX 460 768MB, but a soft launch for the GTX 460 1GB. We’re not entirely thrilled with this – particularly as we believe the 1GB cards to be the better buy – but if nothing else it’s better than the GTX 480 launch.

Today’s launch will also be resulting in an interesting mix of price points. NVIDIA has lowered the MSRPs on the GTX 470 and GTX 465, while AMD’s prices have been slowly drifting down over the last month too. As a result we end up with roughly the following:

With these prices AMD and NVIDIA both have themselves comfortably stratified until you drop below $250. AMD doesn’t have anything between the 5850 and 5830, while they have a price gap of $80-$100. Meanwhile the 5830 is priced directly against the GTX 460 768MB. NVIDIA’s pricing will be taking advantage of this gap, while giving the 5830 a run for its money at $200.

GF104: NVIDIA Goes Superscalar
IndexGF104: NVIDIA Goes SuperscalarThe Rest of GF104Meet the GTX 460The TestCrysis: WarheadBattleForge: DX10BattleForge: DX11HAWXLeft 4 DeadBattlefield: Bad Company 2STALKER: Call of PripyatDIRT 2Mass Effect 2WolfensteinCompute & Tessellation PerformancePower, Temperature, & NoiseOverclockingConclusion

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GeForce GTX 460 [in 5 benchmarks]

NVIDIA
GeForce GTX 460

Buy

• Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
• Core clock speed 675 MHz
• Max video memory 768 MB
• Memory type GDDR5
• Memory clock speed 3600 MHz
• Maximum resolution

Summary

NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 460 sales 12 July 2010 at a recommended price of $199. This is Fermi architecture desktop card based on 40 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 768 MB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 3.6 GHz are supplied, and together with 192 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 86.4 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 8.25″(210 mm) (21 cm). 6-pin & 6-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 160 Watt.

It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at

7.80%

of a leader’s which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti.

GeForce GTX
460

vs

GeForce RTX
3090 Ti

General info

Of GeForce GTX 460’s architecture, market segment and release date.

Value for money

To get the index we compare the characteristics of video cards and their relative prices.

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Technical specs

GeForce GTX 460’s general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 460’s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on GeForce GTX 460’s compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it’s interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 460: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don’t have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 460. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.

API support

APIs supported by GeForce GTX 460, sometimes including their particular versions.

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 460. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 460
7.80

• Passmark
• 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
• GeekBench 5 OpenCL
• Octane Render OctaneBench
• Unigine Heaven 4. 0

Passmark

This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 26%

GTX 460
2289

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature seemingly made of lava. Using 1920×1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic enough graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 460
2570

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU’s processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GTX 460
6630

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTX 460
27

Unigine Heaven 4.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark, a newer version of Unigine 3.0 with relatively small differences. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. The benchmark is still sometimes used, despite its significant age, as it was released back in 2013.

Benchmark coverage: 1%

GTX 460
605

Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of GeForce GTX 460. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Game benchmarks

Let’s see how good GeForce GTX 460 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS

Popular games

Relative perfomance

Overall GeForce GTX 460 performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
105. 26

NVIDIA P106-090
104.87

AMD Radeon RX 550X
102.44

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
100

AMD Radeon R7 250X
99.1

ATI Radeon HD 5870
98.97

ATI Radeon HD 5970
97.95

AMD equivalent

We believe that the nearest equivalent to GeForce GTX 460 from AMD is Radeon R7 250X, which is slower by 1% and lower by 4 positions in our rating.

Radeon R7
250X

Compare

Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce GTX 460:

AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
110.64

AMD FireStream 9370
110. 38

AMD Radeon RX 550X
102.44

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
100

AMD Radeon R7 250X
99.1

ATI Radeon HD 5870
98.97

ATI Radeon HD 5970
97.95

Similar GPUs

Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.

Radeon HD
5870

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Radeon HD
5970

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FireStream
9370

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GeForce GTX
650 Ti

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GeForce GTX
460 v2

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Radeon HD
6850

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Recommended processors

These processors are most commonly used with GeForce GTX 460 according to our statistics.

Core i3
2100

2.5%

Core i3
2120

2.3%

Core i5
2400

2.1%

Athlon II
X4 640

2%

Core i5
760

2%

Core i5
3470

1.7%

Core i5
750

1.7%

Xeon
E5450

1. 6%

Core i3
3220

1.6%

Core 2
Duo E8400

1.5%

User rating

Here you can see the user rating of the graphics card, as well as rate it yourself.

Questions and comments

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460: Specifications and Reviews Available

It’s done, NVIDIA has released a new GeForce: the GeForce GTX 460.

The GTX 460 is based on the new GF104 GPU which is an architecture slightly different from the GF100. In the GF100 arch, each SM (or Streaming Multiprocessor) is made up of 32 SP (or Shader Processor). In the GF104, there are 48 SP per SM. The GF104 has 8 SMs which gives a total of 384 SP. But the GTX 460 comes with only 336 SP because NVIDIA has disabled one SM.

There are two versions of the GTX 460: one with 1024MB of GDDR5 memory and the second with 768MB of GDDR5 memory. The 1024MB comes with a memory bus width of 256 bits whereas the 768MB features a 192-bit bus width (the GTX 465 has a 256-bit bus width and the GTX 480 has a 384-bit bus width).

GeForce GTX 460 specifications

• GPU: GF104 @ 675MHz / 40nm
• Shader processors: 336 @ 1350MHz (twice the core clock speed).
• Streaming multiprocessors: 7
• Memory: 768MB (192-bit) or 1024MB (256-bit) GDDR5 @ 900MHz (real speed) or 1800MHz (DDR speed) or 3600MHz (QDR speed). More information about graphics memory speed HERE.
• ROPs: 32 (1024MB version) or 24 (768MB version)
• Texture units: 56
• TDP: 160W (1024MB) or 150W (768MB)
• PCI-Express power connectors: two 6-pin
• 3D APIs: OpenGL 4. 0 and Direct3D 11
• GPU Computing: OpenCL 1.1, CUDA, DirectCompute and PhysX
• Price: US199$ (768MB) or US229$ (1024MB)

Performance

Power consumption and temperature with FurMark
According to Guru3D, the GPU temperature varies from 56°C (EVGA GTX 460 768) to 74°C (Palit GTX 460) when stressed with FurMark.

[H]ardOCP gets similar results:

And here are the GPU temperature and power consumption according to AnandTech, still with FurMark:

AnandTech has also temperatures and power consumption when the cards are overclocked HERE.

Reviews

• NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 460: The $200 King @ AnandTech
• ZOTAC GeForce GTX 460 1 GB @ TPU
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Review – GF104 and the budget Fermi @ PC Perspective
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Review @ [H]ard|OCP
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB and 1GB Video Card Reviews @ Legit Reviews
• GeForce GTX 460 review (roundup) @ Guru3D
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1GB Video Card Review @ Benchmark Reviews

Conclusions
AnandTech:

I think the only way to come across from this launch at all disappointed is when looking at the overall performance levels of the card. The GTX 460 does not completely subdue last year’s $200 cards, and this is part of a larger pattern. DX11 functionality requires additional die space over DX10 functionality, so most of the additional transistors afforded by the transition to 40nm fabrication has been spent on that functionality rather than on improving performance. As a result this year’s $200 cards aren’t a great deal faster than last year’s cards; this isn’t the high-end market where GPU dies (and prices) had room to grow. For everything but the high-end, this year is a feature year and not a performance year.

PC Perspective:

NVIDIA’s new GF104 GPU might just be the savior the company was looking for as it is delivering in all the areas that are required for a successful mainstream graphics product. The GeForce GTX 460 is faster than the Radeon HD 5830, costs about the same, is just as power efficient and has room for overclocking. If you are looking for a new graphics card in the $200 budget, NVIDIA looks to have the best solution available!

TPU:

NVIDIA’s new GeForce GTX 460 is Fermi done right. Whereas the GF100 based products were plagued by excessive power consumption resulting in high temperatures and noise levels, the GTX 460 delivers massive improvements here. Essentially NVIDIA managed to reduce idle power consumption below ATI’s HD 5000 levels, and gaming power consumption to slightly higher but similar levels. This improvement in power consumption trickles down to temperatures and cooler noise helping NVIDIA’s new card to be able to compete there.

Guru3D

At roughly 200 USD/EUR you can expect to get what you pay for, a silent product that will play your games up-to 1600×1200, and in most cases 1920×1200 quite well. What surprised us was the tremendous overclocking potential, pretty much any and every card we tested today has shown a lot of reserve and room for overclocking, and they scale really well while doing so. Any card, even the cheapest you can find, can be pushed to 800 MHz on the core, period.

Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 768MB Graphics Card Review

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July 12, 2010 | 04:57

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 768MB Review

Manufacturer:Nvidia
UK price (as reviewed): £179 (inc VAT) MSRP
US price (as reviewed): $199 (ex tax) MSRP

Not content with launching the GeForce GTX 465 roughly six weeks ago, Nvidia has launched two more today. Or rather it’s launched one more, though there are two versions of it – the GeForce GTX 460 1GB and the lesser GTX 460 768MB. The aim is clear – Nvidia has had a bad run of late, and it needs to halt the succession of poor reviews with something that’ll make people sit up and care about the name GeForce again.

The GTX 460 looks like the card to do it, if only on paper, as the specs are more than we’d expected. Typically the mid-range GPU of a family has about half the resources of the top-end GPU, but the GTX 460 has roughly 70 per cent of the stream processors of the GTX 480 at 336 versus 480. To understand why we were surprised, and why there are two models of the GTX 460, we need to recap on the unusual way that Nvidia has designed it DX11 GPUs. Alternatively, if you already know your Raster Engine from your Polymorph, skip to page two for the architectural updates in the new GF104 GPU.

Fermi 101

All modern GPUs are structured around a basic layout – there’s a front-end that accepts work from the CPU and splits into a load of separate work threads. These threads then get fed into a bank of stream processors, and after being processed by these, are sent to the frame buffer via the ROPs and memory controller.

In a Fermi GPU, the stream processors are organised in clusters (called SMs, or Streaming Multiprocessors, in Nvidian) and these SMs are organised into groups of three or four to make the basis of what Nvidia calls GPCs. GPCs are more than just groups of SMs though, they’re pretty much mini-GPUs. Each GPC has a Raster Engine, which does the basic setup elements to the data given to it by the GigaThread dispatch engine, ready for the stream processors to work on. Each stream processor cluster has its own PolyMorph Engine, which contains a tesselator unit, again an element that you’d expect to find in the front end of GPU. The GPCs output to, and communicate via, a Level 2 cache that runs through the centre of the chip.

Manufacturers were keen to send us their GTX 460 cards, which is usually a sign that a product is rather good. Click to enlarge.

The benefits of this design are two-fold: there’s a degree of modularity, as you can just cut GPCs from the full-fat GF100 design to produce lesser versions to hit lower price-points more keenly, and there’s a distributed design that Nvidia claims is ideal for tessellation. The reason for this claim is that, as tessellation is a vertex operation (tesselation adds extra geometry detail on-the-fly for less angular objects and characters) the results of a tessellation operation need to be fed back through a setup stage for the stream processors to be able to work on them. If the tesselator units were in a large monolithic front-end, tessellation could lead to the front-end refusing new work and the GPU stalling.

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GTX 460 Graphics Card Review: Is Folding on Ancient Hardware Worth It?

Recently, I picked up an old Core 2 duo build on Ebay for $25 + shipping. It was missing some pieces (Graphics card, drives, etc), but it was a good deal, especially for the all-metal Antec P182 case and included Corsair PSU + Antec 3-speed case fans. So, I figured what the heck, let’s see if this vintage rig can fold!

To complement this old Socket 775 build, I picked up a well loved EVGA GeForce GTX 460 on eBay for a grand total of $26.85. It should be noted that this generation of Nvidia graphics cards (based on the Fermi architecture from back in 2010) is the oldest GPU hardware that is still supported by Stanford. It will be interesting to see how much science one of these old cards can do.

I supplied a dusty Western Digital 640 Black Hard Drive that I had kicking around, along with a TP Link USB wireless adapter (about $7 on Amazon). The Operating System was free (go Linux!). So, for under $100 I had this setup:

• Case: Antec P182 Steel ATX
• PSU: Corsair HX 520
• Processor: Intel Core2duo E8300
• Motherboard: EVGA nForce 680i SLI
• Ram: 2 x 2 GB DDR2 6400 (800 MHz)
• HDD: Western Digital Black 640GB
• GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 460
• Operating System: Ubuntu Linux 18. 04
• Folding@Home Client: V7

I fired up folding, and after some fiddling I got it running nice and stable. The first thing I noticed was that the power draw was higher than I had expected. Measured at the wall, this vintage folding rig was consuming a whopping 220 Watts! That’s a good deal more than the 185 watts that my main computer draws when folding on a modern GTX 1060. Some of this is due to differences in hardware configuration between the two boxes, but one thing to note is that the older GTX 460 has a TDP of 160 watts, whereas the GTX 1060 has a TDP of only 120 Watts.

Here’s a quick comparison of the GTX 460 vs the GTX 1060. At the time of their release, both of these cards were Nvidia’s baseline GTX model, offering serious gaming performance for a better price than the more aggressive GTX -70 and -80-series variants. I threw a GTX 1080 into the table for good measure.

GTX 460 Specification Comparison

The key takeaways here are that six years later, the equivalent graphics card to the GTX 460 was over three and a half times faster while using forty watts less power.

Power Consumption

I typically don’t report power consumption directly, because I’m more interested in optimizing efficiency (doing more work for less power). However, in this case, there is an interesting point to be made by looking at the wattage numbers directly. Namely, the GTX 460 (a mid-range card) uses almost as much power as a modern high-end GTX 1080, and uses seriously more power than the modern GTX 1060 mid-range card. Note: these power consumption numbers must be taken with a grain of salt, because the GTX 460 was installed in a different host system (the Core2 Duo rig) as the other cards, but the resutls are still telling. This is also consistent with the advertised TDP of the GTX 460, which is 40 watts higher than the GTX 1060.

Total System Power Consumption

Folding@Home Results

Folding on the old GTX 460 produced a rough average of 20,000 points per day, with the normal +/- 10% variation in production seen between work units. Back in 2006 when I was making a few hundred PPD on an old Athlon 64 X2 CPU, this would have been a huge amount of points! Nowadays, this is not so impressive. As I mentioned before, the power consumption at the wall for this system was 220 Watts. This yields an efficiency of 20,000 PPD / 220 Watts = 90 PPD/Watt.

Based off the relative performance, one would think the six-year newer GTX 1060 would produce somewhere between 3 and 4 times as many PPD as the older 460 card. This would mean roughly 60-80K PPD. However, my GTX 1060 frequently produces over 300K PPD. This is due to Stanford’s Quick Return Bonus, which essentially rewards donors for doing science quickly. You can read more about this incentive-based points system at Stanford’s website. The gist is, the faster you return a work unit to the scientists, the sooner they can get to developing cures for diseases. Thus, they award you more points for fast work. As the performance plot below shows, this quick return bonus really adds up, so that someone doing 3-4 times more (GTX 1060 vs. GTX 460 linear benchmark performance) results in 15 times more F@H performance.

Old vs. New Graphics Card Comparison: Folding@Home Efficiency and PPD

This being a blog about energy-conscious computing, I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out just how inefficient the ancient GTX 460 is compared to the newer cards. Due to the relatively high power consumption for a midrange card, the GTX 460 is eighteen times less efficient than the GTX 1060, and a whopping thirty three times less efficient than the GTX 1080.

Conclusion

Stanford eventually drops support for old hardware (anyone remember PS3 folding?), and it might not be long before they do the same for Fermi-based GPUs. Compared with relatively modern GPUs, the GTX 460 just doesn’t stack up in 2020. Now that the 10-series cards are almost four years old, you can often get GTX 1060s for less than $200 on eBay, so if you can afford to build a folding rig around one of these cards, it will be 18 times more efficient and make 15 times more points.

Still, I only paid about $100 total to build this vintage folding@home rig for this experiment. One could argue that putting old hardware to use like this keeps it out of landfills and still does some good work. Additionally, if you ignore bonus points and look at pure science done, the GTX 460 is “only” about 4 times slower than its modern equivalent.

Ultimately, for the sake of the environment, I can’t recommend folding on graphics cards that are many years out of date, unless you plan on using the machine as a space heater to offset heating costs in the winter. More on that later…

Addendum

Since doing the initial testing and outline for this article, I picked up a GTX 480 and a few GTX 980 Ti cards. Here are some updated plots showing these cards added to the mix. The GTX 480 was tested in the Core2 build, and the GTX 980 Ti in my standard benchmark rig (AMD FX-based Socket AM3 system).

I think the conclusion holds: even though the GTX 480 is slightly faster and more efficient than it’s little brother, it is still leaps and bounds worse than the more modern cards. The 980 Ti, being a top-tier card from a few generations back, holds its own nicely, and is almost as efficient as a GTX 1060. I’d say that the 980 Ti is still a relatively efficient card to use in 2020 if you can get one for cheap enough.

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GeForce GTX 460 [in 5 benchmarks]

NVIDIA
GeForce GTX 460

• PCIe 2.0 x16 interface
• Core clock 675 MHz
• Video memory size 768 MB
• Memory type GDDR5
• Memory frequency 3600 MHz
• Maximum resolution

Description

NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 460 sales on July 12, 2010 at a recommended price of 199$. This is a desktop graphics card based on the Fermi architecture and 40 nm manufacturing process, primarily aimed at gamers. It has 768 MB of GDDR5 memory at 3.6 GHz, and coupled with a 192-bit interface, this creates a bandwidth of 86.40 Gb / s.

In terms of compatibility, this is a two-slot PCIe 2. 0 x16 card. The length of the reference version is 21 cm. An additional 6-pin & 6-pin power cable is required for connection, and the power consumption is 160 W.

It provides poor performance in tests and games at the level of

7.80%

from the leader, which is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti.

GeForce GTX
460

or

GeForce RTX
3090 Ti

General information

Value for money

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Features

GeForce GTX 460’s general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. They indirectly speak about GeForce GTX 460’s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Compatibility and dimensions

Information on GeForce GTX 460 compatibility with other computer components. Useful for example when choosing the configuration of a future computer or to upgrade an existing one. For desktop video cards, these are the interface and connection bus (compatibility with the motherboard), the physical dimensions of the video card (compatibility with the motherboard and case), additional power connectors (compatibility with the power supply).

RAM

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 460 — type, size, bus, frequency and bandwidth. For video cards built into the processor that do not have their own memory, a shared part of the RAM is used.

Video outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 460. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for laptop ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.

Video Connectors

2x Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI Overall benchmark performance This is our overall performance rating. We regularly improve our algorithms, but if you find any inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in the comments section, we usually fix problems quickly. GTX 460 7.80 Passmark 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics GeekBench 5 OpenCL Octane Render OctaneBench Unigine Heaven 4. 0 Passmark This is a very common benchmark included in the Passmark PerformanceTest package. He gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation, running four separate tests for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11, and 12 (the latter being done at 4K resolution whenever possible), and a few more tests using DirectCompute. Benchmark coverage: 26% GTX 460 2289 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests showing a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature that appears to be made of lava. Using a resolution of 1920×1080, Fire Strike demonstrates fairly realistic graphics and is quite demanding on hardware. Benchmark coverage: 14% GTX 460 2570 GeekBench 5 OpenCL Geekbench 5 is a widely used benchmark for graphics cards that combines 11 different test scenarios. All of these scenarios are based on the direct use of the processing power of the GPU, without the use of 3D rendering. This option uses the Khronos Group’s OpenCL API. Benchmark coverage: 9% GTX 460 6630 Octane Render OctaneBench This is a dedicated benchmark for measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine created by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program or as a plug-in for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other applications. It renders four different static scenes and then compares the render times to the reference card, which is the GeForce GTX 9 at the moment.80. This benchmark does not measure gaming performance and is intended for professional 3D artists. Benchmark coverage: 4% GTX 460 27 Unigine Heaven 4.0 This is an old DirectX 11 based benchmark, a newer version of Unigine 3.0 with relatively minor differences. It depicts a medieval fantasy city spread over several floating islands. The benchmark is still occasionally used despite its significant age, and it was released back in 2013. Benchmark coverage: 1% GTX 460 605 Mining hashrates GeForce GTX 460 performance in cryptocurrency mining. Usually the result is measured in mhash / s — the number of millions of solutions generated by the video card in one second. Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s Tests in games FPS in popular games on the GeForce GTX 460, as well as compliance with system requirements. Remember that the official requirements of the developers do not always match the data of real tests. Average FPS Popular games Relative performance Overall GeForce GTX 460 performance compared to its nearest desktop competitor. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A 105.26 NVIDIA P106-090 104.87 AMD Radeon RX 550X 102. 44 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 100 AMD Radeon R7 250X 99.1 ATI Radeon HD 5870 98.97 ATI Radeon HD 5970 97.95 Competitor from AMD We believe that the closest equivalent to GeForce GTX 460 from AMD is Radeon R7 250X, which is slower by 1% on average and lower by 4 positions in our rating. Radeon R7 250X Compare Here are some of AMD’s closest competitors to the GeForce GTX 460: AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 110.64 AMD FireStream 9370 110.38 AMD Radeon RX 550X 102.44 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 100 AMD Radeon R7 250X 99. 1 ATI Radeon HD 5870 98.97 ATI Radeon HD 5970 97.95 Other video cards Here we recommend several video cards that are more or less similar in performance to the reviewed one. Radeon HD 5870 Compare Radeon HD 5970 Compare firestream 9370 Compare GeForce GTX 650 Ti Compare GeForce GTX 560 SE Compare GeForce GTX 460v2 Compare Recommended Processors According to our statistics, these processors are most often used with the GeForce GTX 460. Core i3 2100 2.5% Core i3 2120 2.3% Core i5 2400 2.1% Athlon II X4 640 2% Core i5 760 2% Core i5 3470 1.7% Core i5 750 1.7% xeon E5450 1.6% Core i3 3220 1.6% Core 2 Duo E8400 1. 5% User rating Here you can see the rating of the video card by users, as well as put your own rating. Tips and comments Here you can ask a question about the GeForce GTX 460, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch. Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 graphics card Specifications Drivers Price Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Series: GeForce 400 GPU architecture: Fermi GPU model: GF104-300 (GF104) CUDA cores: 336 Base clock : 675 MHz Memory speed: 3.6 Gbps Memory: 1 Gb GDDR5 (256-bit) The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 video card is based on a 40 nm process technology and is based on the GF104-300 (GF104) GPU. The card supports Directx 12 API. NVIDIA placed 1024 megabytes of GDDR5 RAM, which is connected using a 256-bit interface. The graphics processor runs at 675 MHz. The number of CUDA cores is 336, with a speed of 3600 Mbps. The power consumption of the video card is 160W, and the recommended power supply is 450W. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 supports Microsoft DirectX 12 API and OpenGL 4.5. Specifications for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 GPU specifications: Model: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Series: GeForce 400 GPU model: GF104-300 (GF104) Architecture: Fermi Process: 40nm CUDA cores: 336 Streaming Multiprocessors (SMs): 7 Texture Units (TMUs): 56 Base clock: 675MHz Number of transistors: 2 billion Memory specifications: Memory capacity: 1 Gb Memory type: GDDR5 Memory bus: 256-bit Memory speed: 3600 Mbps (3. 6 Gbps) Memory clock: 900MHz Texture Fill Rate: 37.8 GTexel/s Display support: Maximum digital resolution: 2560×1600 Maximum VGA resolution: 2048×1536 Standard connectors: Two DVI-I DualLink, miniHDMI Multi-monitor support: Yes HDCP: Yes HDMI: Yes Audio input for HDMI: Internal Thermal characteristics: Max GPU temperature: 104℃ Energy consumption (TDP): 160 W Recommended Nutritional Requirements: 450 W Additional power connectors: 6-pin and 8-pin Video card dimensions: Height: 11. 1 cm Length: 21 cm Width: 2 slots Technologies and capabilities: CUDA: Yes SLI: Yes PhysX: Yes 3D Vision: Yes 3D games: Yes Surround: Yes DirectX: 12 API OpenGL: 4.5 Tire: PCI-Express 2.0 x16 Support OS: Microsoft Windows 7-10, Linux, FreeBSDx86 Please note: The table shows the reference characteristics of the video card, they may vary by different manufacturers. Latest drivers for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 operating system: 987 Download [445. 39 MB] Status: Obsolete Operating system: 9000 Obsolete Operating system: Windows 8 32-bit, 8.1 32-bit, 7 32-bit version: 391.35 WHQL Release date: March 27, 2018 Download [329.12 MB] 9000 Operating system: Windows 8 64-bit, 8.1 64-bit, 7 64-bit version: 391.35 WHQL Date of Output: 27 2018 9000 [403.45 MB] Status: Obsolete Operating system: Windows XP 32-bit version: 368.81 WhQL Date of Output: July 14, 2016 Obsolete Operating system: Windows XP 64-bit Windows Server 2003 x64 Version: 368. 81 WHQL Release date: July 14, 2016 Download [256.6 MB] Status: Outdated Attention! Starting in April 2018, NVIDIA stopped supporting video cards based on the Fermi microarchitecture. A complete list of NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards based on the Fermi architecture. Price in Russia NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers What series is this video card? Video card series: GeForce 400 What is the power consumption and power requirements? Maximum power consumption is: 160 W. Recommended power supply: 450W. Auxiliary power connectors: 6-pin and 8-pin . Where can I download the GeForce GTX 460 driver? Video cards with 1 Gb memory: Video cards with GDDR5 memory type: Video cards with 256-bit bus: 24W lower power consumption at peak load? 290W vs 314W 5. 8dB lower noise floor at full load? 41.5dB vs 47.3dB GPU frequency 135MHz higher? 810MHz vs 675MHz 0.18 TFLOPS higher than FLOPS? 1.09 TFLOPS vs 0.91 TFLOPS 1.85 GPixel/s higher pixel rate? 11.3 GPixel/s vs 9.45 GPixel/s 10W below TDP? 150W vs 160W 100MHz faster memory speed? 1000MHz vs 900MHz 400MHz higher effective clock speed? 4000MHz vs 3600MHz 7.6 GTexels/s higher number of textured pixels? 45.4 GTexels/s vs 37.8 GTexels/s 12.8GB/s more memory bandwidth? 128GB/s vs 115.2GB/s Which comparisons are the most popular? 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Help us offer a price. (Nvidia GeForce GTX 460) 950MHz When the GPU is running below its limits, it can jump to a higher clock speed to increase performance. 3.pixel rate 9.45 GPixel/s 11.3 GPixel/s The number of pixels that can be displayed on the screen every second. 4.flops 0.91 TFLOPS 1.09 TFLOPS FLOPS is a measurement of GPU processing power. 5.texture size 37.8 GTexels/s 45.4 GTexels/s The number of textured pixels that can be displayed on the screen every second. 6.GPU memory speed 900MHz 1000MHz Memory speed is one aspect that determines memory bandwidth. 7.hatch patterns Shading units (or stream processors) are small processors in a graphics card that are responsible for processing various aspects of an image. 8.textured units (TMUs) TMUs accept textured units and bind them to the geometric layout of the 3D scene. More TMUs generally means texture information is processed faster. 9 ROPs ROPs are responsible for some of the final steps of the rendering process, such as writing the final pixel data to memory and for performing other tasks such as anti-aliasing to improve the appearance of graphics. Memory 1.memory effective speed 3600MHz 4000MHz The effective memory clock frequency is calculated from the memory size and data transfer rate. A higher clock speed can give better performance in games and other applications. 2.max memory bandwidth 115.2GB/s 128GB/s This is the maximum rate at which data can be read from or stored in memory. 3. VRAM VRAM (video RAM) is dedicated video memory. More VRAM usually allows you to run games at higher settings, especially for things like texture resolution. 4.memory bus width 256bit 256bit Wider memory bus means it can carry more data per cycle. This is an important factor in memory performance, and therefore the overall performance of the graphics card. 5.versions of GDDR memory Later versions of GDDR memory offer improvements such as higher data transfer rates, which improve performance. 6. Supports memory debug code ✖Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 ✖Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Memory debug code can detect and fix data corruption. It is used when necessary to avoid distortion, such as in scientific computing or when starting a server. Features 1.DirectX version DirectX is used in games with a newer version that supports better graphics. OpenGL version 2. The newer version of OpenGL, the better graphics quality in games. OpenCL version 3. Some applications use OpenCL to use the power of the graphics processing unit (GPU) for non-graphical computing. Newer versions are more functional and better quality. 4. Supports multi-monitor technology ✔Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 ✔Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 The video card has the ability to connect multiple screens. This allows you to set up multiple monitors at the same time to create a more immersive gaming experience, such as a wider field of view. 5. GPU temperature at boot Lower boot temperature means the card generates less heat and the cooling system works better. 6.supports ray tracing ✖Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 ✖Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ray tracing is an advanced light rendering technique that provides more realistic lighting, shadows and reflections in games. 7.Supports 3D ✔Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 ✔Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Allows you to view in 3D (if you have a 3D screen and glasses). 8.supports DLSS ✖Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 ✖Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) is an AI based scaling technology. This allows the graphics card to render games at lower resolutions and upscale them to higher resolutions with near-native visual quality and improved performance. DLSS is only available in some games. 9. PassMark result (G3D) This test measures the graphics performance of a graphics card. Source: Pass Mark. Ports 1.has HDMI output ✖Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 ✔Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Devices with HDMI or mini HDMI ports can stream HD video and audio to the connected display. 2. HDMI connectors Unknown. Help us offer a price. (Nvidia GeForce GTX 460) Unknown. Help us offer a price. (Nvidia GeForce GTX 560) More HDMI connections allow you to connect multiple devices at the same time, such as game consoles and TVs. HDMI version 3 Unknown. Help us offer a price. (Nvidia GeForce GTX 460) Unknown. Help us offer a price. (Nvidia GeForce GTX 560) Newer versions of HDMI support higher bandwidth for higher resolutions and frame rates. 4. DisplayPort outputs Allows connection to a display using DisplayPort. 5.DVI outputs Allows connection to a display using DVI. 6.mini DisplayPort outputs Allows connection to a display using mini DisplayPort. Price match Cancel Which graphics cards are better? specs and tests in 11 games and 9 benchmarks NVIDIA started selling the GeForce GTX 460 on July 12, 2010 for a suggested price of $229. This is a desktop graphics card based on the Fermi architecture with a 40 nm process technology. It can have 1 GB or 768 MB of GDDR5 memory with a frequency of 900 MHz, 256-bit bus, which provides a throughput of 36 Gb / s. The card occupies 2 slots, connected via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. The length of the reference version is 210 mm. The card requires the connection of two 6-pin auxiliary power cables, the declared maximum power consumption is 160 watts. Specifications GPU GPU name GF104 GPU option GF104-325-A1 Architecture Fermi Manufacturer TSMC Process 40 nm Number of transistors 1950 million Crystal area 332 mm² Graphic card Release date July 12, 2010 Generation GeForce 400 Predecessor GeForce 200 Descendant GeForce 500 Launch price $229 Market price $195 Data bus interface PCIe 2. 0 x16 Frequencies GPU frequency 675 MHz Shader frequency 1350 MHz Memory frequency 900 MHz Memory Memory capacity 1 GB / 768 MB Memory type GDDR5 Memory bus 256 bit Memory speed 36 Gb/s Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB/s Render configuration Shader units 336 Texture blocks 56 Screen blocks 32 Streaming multiprocessors 7 L1 cache 64 KB L2 cache 512 KB Rated output Pixel fill rate 9. 450 HP/s Texture Fill Rate 37.80 GT/s Performance FP32 907.2 GFlops Performance FP64 75.6 GFlops Graphics DirectX 12 (11_0) OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 1.1 CUDA 2.1 Shader Model 5.1 Video card design Occupied slots 2 Length 210 mm Heat Sink Requirements 160 W Recommended PSU power 450 W Outlets 2x DVI 1x mini-HDMI Power supply 2x 6-pin Maximum temperature 68 °C Maximum noise 46 dB FPS in games PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (2017) Better than NVIDIA GeForce GT 630, but worse than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650. 1920×1080 / Low / 31 Grand Theft Auto V (2015) Better than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI, but worse than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile. 1024×768 / Low / 128 1366×768 / Medium / 105 1920×1080 / Low / 75 1920×1080 / Tall / 26 1920×1080 / Ultra / 3. 7 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (2012) Better than AMD Radeon 625, but worse than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650. 1920×1080 / Low / 112 BioShock Infinite (2013) Better than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M, but worse than AMD Radeon HD 7970M. 1280×720 / Low / 165 1366×768 / Medium / 98.74 1366×768 / Tall / 85.36 1920×1080 / Ultra / 25. 39 Crysis 3 (2013) Better than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M, but worse than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX. 1024×768 / Low / 92.37 1366×768 / Medium / 56.31 1366×768 / Tall / 39.27 1920×1080 / Ultra / 13.6 Tomb Raider (2013) Better than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M, but worse than AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200. 1920×1080 / Ultra / 34.6 Far Cry 4 (2014) Better than AMD Radeon R9M295X, but worse than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M. 1024×768 / Low / 68 Metro 2033 (2010) Better than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M, but worse than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570. 1920×1080 / Ultra / 25 SimCity (2013) Better than AMD Radeon R7 M265, but worse than NVIDIA GeForce 840M. 1024×768 / Low / 147.99 1366×768 / Medium / 59.98 1366×768 / Tall / 55.18 1920×1080 / Ultra / 29.04 Battlefield 3 (2011) Better than NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI, but worse than AMD Radeon HD 7770. 1024×768 / Low / 93.1 1366×768 / Medium / 67. 9 1366×768 / Tall / 55.6 1920×1080 / Ultra / 18.3 StarCraft 2 (2010) Better than AMD Radeon HD 6990M, but worse than NVIDIA Quadro 4000M. 1920×1080 / Ultra / 68 Benchmark tests 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU: 17589 Better than AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) but worse than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M. 3DMark Cloud Gate Standard Score: 12109 Better than AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200 but worse than AMD Radeon R7 250. 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics: 2092 Better than Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 but worse than NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M. 3DMark Fire Strike Score: 1902 Better than Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 but worse than AMD FirePro W5130M. 3DMark Ice Storm GPU: 133103 Better than AMD Radeon RX Vega 9 but worse than NVIDIA GeForce 930MX. 3DMark Vantage P: 12262 Better than AMD Radeon HD 7850M, but worse than AMD FirePro M5100. 3DMark06: 17797 Better than NVIDIA Quadro 4000M, but worse than ATI Radeon HD 5770. 3DMark11 P: 2993.5 Better than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M, but worse than NVIDIA GeForce 845M. 3DMark11 P GPU: 2810.5 Better than NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M, but worse than AMD Radeon HD 6970M. 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Benchmarks and specs The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 graphics card (GPU) is ranked 371 in our performance ranking. Manufacturer: NVIDIA. Runs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 with a minimum clock speed of 675 MHz. The graphics chip is equipped with an acceleration system and can operate in turbo mode or during overclocking. The RAM size is 768 MB GB with a clock speed of 3600 MHz and a bandwidth of 86.4 GB/s. The power consumption of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 is 160 Watt and the process technology is only 40 nm. Below you will find key compatibility, sizing, technology, and gaming performance test results. You can also leave comments if you have any questions. Let’s take a closer look at the most important characteristics of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460. To get an idea of ​​which video card is better, we recommend using the comparison service. 3.6 From 88 Hitesti Grade Popular video cards Most viewed AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel UHD Graphics 600 NVIDIA Quadro T1000 AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 NVIDIA GeForce MX330 Intel HD Graphics 530 Intel UHD Graphics 620 Intel HD Graphics 4600 Intel HD Graphics 520 Buy here: AliExpress General information The base set of information will help you find out the release date of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 graphics card and its purpose (laptops or PCs), as well as the price at the time of release and the average current cost. This data also includes the architecture used by the manufacturer and the video processor code name. Performance Rating Position: 440 Value for money: 15.30 Architecture: Fermi Code name: GF104 Type: Desktop Release date: 12 July 2010 (11 years ago) Starting price: $199 Current price: $119 (0.6x MSRP) Value for money: 3.85 GPU code name: GF104 Market segment: Desktop Specifications This is important information that determines all the power characteristics of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 video card. The smaller the chip manufacturing process, the better (in modern realities). The clock frequency of the core is responsible for its speed (direct correlation), while signal processing is carried out by transistors (the more transistors, the faster the calculations are performed, for example, in cryptocurrency mining). Conveyors: 336 Core Clock: 675MHz Number of transistors: 1,950 million Process: 40nm Power consumption (TDP): 160 Watt Number of texels processed in 1 second: 37.80 Floating point: 907.2 gflops Pipelines / CUDA cores: 336 Number of transistors: 1,950 million Estimated heat output: 160 Watt Dimensions, Connectors and Compatibility There are so many form factors for PC cases and laptop sizes that it’s important to know the length of your graphics card and how it’s connected (except for laptop versions). This will help make the upgrade process easier, as Not all cases can accommodate modern video cards. Interface: PCIe 2.0 x16 Length: 8.25″(210 mm) (21 cm) Additional power: 6-pin & 6-pin SLI options: + Tire support: 16x PCI-E 2.0 Height: 4.376″(111 mm) (11.1 cm) Memory (frequency and overclocking) The internal memory is used to store data when performing calculations. Modern games and professional graphics applications place high demands on the amount and speed of memory. The higher this parameter, the more powerful and faster the video card. Memory type, size and bandwidth for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 + overclocking in turbo mode. Memory type: GDDR5 Maximum RAM amount: 768MB Memory bus width: 192 Bit Memory frequency: 3600MHz Memory bandwidth: 86.4 GB/s Support for ports and displays As a rule, all modern video cards have several types of connections and additional ports, for example HDMI and DVI . Knowing these features is very important in order to avoid problems connecting a video card to a monitor or other peripherals. Display connections: Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI Multi monitor support: + HDCP: + Maximum VGA resolution: 2048×1536 Audio input for HDMI: Internal HDMI: + Technologies Each graphics card manufacturer complements their products with proprietary technologies that are used both in games and in the workflow. Below is a list of features that will be useful to you. 3D Vision: + CUDA: + API Support All NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 supported APIs are listed below. This is a minor factor that does not greatly affect the overall performance. DirectX: 12 (11_0) OpenGL: 4.1 Overall gaming performance All tests are based on FPS. Let’s take a look at where the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 ranks in the gaming performance test (the calculation was made in accordance with the recommendations of the game developer for system requirements; it may differ from real situations). 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Based on interpolated information from graphics cards of a similar performance level, the game is likely to stutter and display low frame rates. May Stutter — The performance of this video card with this game has not been studied enough yet. Based on interpolated information from graphics cards of a similar performance level, the game is likely to stutter and display low frame rates. 30 Fluent — Based on all known benchmarks with the specified graphic settings, this game is expected to run at 25 fps or more 40 Fluent — According to all known benchmarks with the specified graphics settings, this game is expected to run at 35fps or more 60 Fluent — According to all known benchmarks with the specified graphics settings, this game is expected to run at 58 fps or more May Run Fluently — The performance of this video card with this game has not yet been studied enough. Based on interpolated information from graphics cards of a similar performance level, the game is likely to show smooth frame rates. ? Uncertain — testing this video card in this game showed unexpected results. A slower card could deliver higher and more consistent frame rates while running the same reference scene. Uncertain — The performance of this video card in this game has not yet been studied enough. It is not possible to reliably interpolate data based on the performance of similar cards in the same category. The value in the fields reflects the average frame rate across the entire database. To get individual results, hover over a value. AMD equivalent AMD Radeon R7 250X Compare NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 in benchmark results Benchmarks help determine performance in standard NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 benchmarks. We’ve compiled a list of the world’s best-known benchmarks so you can get accurate results for each one (see description). Pre-testing the graphics card is especially important when there are high loads, so that the user can see how the graphics processor copes with calculations and data processing. Overall performance in benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M 10.55% Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU) 10.55% NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 10.54% AMD Radeon HD 6970M 10.51% AMD Radeon R7 250X Complex graphic scenes require all the graphics card resources. They use the entire RAM and computing power. The test’s results can be viewed below. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 AMD Radeon PRO WX 3100 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 ATI Radeon HD 5870 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M Passmark is an excellent benchmark that is updated regularly and shows relevant graphics card performance information. AMD Radeon Pro WX 4130 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 AMD Radeon HD 6970M AMD Radeon R7 250X Unigine Heaven 4.0 stands out for its precise results and extreme test stability. It is based on UNIGINE 1 platform. AMD Radeon R7 370 AMD Radeon HD 7850 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M This test gives the best estimate of GPU performance. It provides highly accurate results. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 NVIDIA Quadro K1200 NVIDIA Quadro K5000M 3.6 From 88 Hitesti Grade Share on social networks: In order to leave a review, you need to log in Review NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Compare NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 VS NVIDIA GeForce MX330 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 NVIDIA TITAN V Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 Intel HD Graphics 4200 AMD Radeon R7 250X AMD Radeon RX 5500 NVIDIA GeForce 6600 NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 OEM graphics card Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 OEM graphics card — specifications, benchmarks, comparison Home / Video cards / Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 OEM Edelmark rating — 6. 6 out of 10; Release date: October, 2010; Video card memory size: 1024 MB; Video memory type: GDDR5; GPU clock: 650 MHz. Specifications Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 OEM GPU processors GPU manufacturer Nvidia GPU name GF104 Platform Desktop Clock frequency 650 MHz Two No Reference card Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 675MHz 1GB Capacity Number of shader units 336 Number of texture units (TMU) 56 Number of ROPs 32 Pixel fill rate 9.1 GPixel/s Texture Fill Rate 36.4 GTexel/s Number of floating point operations (FLOPS) 873. 6 GFLOPS Memory Memory clock 850MHz Effective memory frequency 3.400 MHz Memory bus width 256bit Video memory size 1.024MB Memory type GDDR5 Memory bandwidth 108.8 GB/s Energy consumption Energy consumption 150W Benchmarks GeForce GTX 460 OEM Bitcoin mining GeForce GTX 460 76.74 mHash/s GeForce GTX 550 Ti 31.68 mHash/s GeForce GT 730 35.62 mHash/s Face Recognition GeForce GTX 460 22.2 mPixels/s GeForce GT 730 7. 91 mPixels/s GeForce GTX 550 Ti 16.59 mPixels/s Ocean Surface Modeling GeForce GTX 460 661.76 frames/s GeForce GT 730 198.18 frames/s GeForce GTX 550 Ti 547.8 frames/s Fire Strike 9 test0021 GeForce GTX 460 26.58 GeForce GT 730 11.11 GeForce GTX 550 Ti 17.07 Sky Diver test GeForce GTX 460 184.27 GeForce GT 730 102.34 GeForce GTX 550 Ti 136.02 Cloud Gate test GeForce GTX 460 16.4 GeForce GT 730 9.48 GeForce GTX 550 Ti 13.73 Thief GeForce GTX 460 40 GeForce GT 730 n/a GeForce GTX 550 Ti n/a Crysis 2 GeForce GTX 460 58 GeForce GTX 550 Ti 45 GeForce GT 730 n/a Video reviews NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM 3DMark06 Freeze video card gtx 460 in gta gta 5 test test review overclocking overclock