NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 videocard review

GeForce GTX 460 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 12 July 2010. At the time of release, the videocard cost $229. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Fermi microarchitecture codenamed GF104.

Core clock speed - 675 MHz. Texture fill rate - 37.8 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 336. Floating-point performance - 907.2 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 1,950 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 160 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 768 MB. Memory bus width - 192 Bit. Memory clock speed - 3600 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 86.4 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38588

2264

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

384

Geekbench
OpenCL

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

345150

7745

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

939.363 mPixels/s

21.445 mPixels/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

14101.507 Frames/s

617.847 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

95.851 Frames/s

1.823 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

530.303 Frames/s

27.222 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

4429.590 mHash/s

40.610 mHash/s

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770 Frames

3351 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823 Frames

3716 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

3356 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770.000 Fps

3351.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823.000 Fps

3716.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

3356.000 Fps

3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

36466

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	2264
PassMark - G2D Mark	384
Geekbench - OpenCL	7745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection	21.445 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation	617.847 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex	1.823 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition	27.222 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining	40.610 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	3351 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	3716 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3356 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	3351.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	3716.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3356.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Games performance

1. GTA V (2015)
2. Far Cry 4 (2014)
3. BioShock Infinite (2013)
4. SimCity (2013)

5. Tomb Raider (2013)
6. Crysis 3 (2013)
7. Battlefield 3 (2011)
8. StarCraft 2 (2010)
9. Metro 2033 (2010)

GTA V (2015)

Low, 1024x768	128.00
Medium, 1366x768	105.00
High, 1920x1080	26.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	3.70

Far Cry 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x768

68.00

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x720	165.00
Medium, 1366x768	98.70
High, 1366x768	85.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	25.39

SimCity (2013)

Low, 1024x768	148.00
Medium, 1366x768	60.00
High, 1366x768	55.20
Ultra, 1920x1080	29.04

Tomb Raider (2013)

Ultra, 1920x1080

34.60

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x768	92.40
Medium, 1366x768	56.30
High, 1366x768	39.27
Ultra, 1920x1080	13.60

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x768	93.10
Medium, 1366x768	67.90
High, 1366x768	55.60
Ultra, 1920x1080	18.30

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Ultra, 1920x1080

68.00

Metro 2033 (2010)

Ultra, 1920x1080

25.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Fermi
Code name	GF104
Launch date	12 July 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$229
Place in performance rating	943
Price now	$89.99
Type	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	34.71
Technical info
Core clock speed	675 MHz
Floating-point performance	907.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm
Pipelines	336
Texture fill rate	37.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	160 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million

Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376"(111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	8.25"(210 mm) (21 cm)
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB
Memory bandwidth	86.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI