NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M videocard review

GeForce GTX 460M videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 3 September 2010. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on Fermi microarchitecture codenamed GF106.

Core clock speed - 1350 MHz. Texture fill rate - 16.1 billion / sec. Pipelines - 192. Floating-point performance - 518.4 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 1,170 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 50 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 1536 MB. Memory bus width - 192 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1250 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 60.0 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38711

1237

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1305

258

Geekbench
OpenCL

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

352097

4082

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

939.363 mPixels/s

11.121 mPixels/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

14101.507 Frames/s

391.548 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

95.851 Frames/s

1.105 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

461.690 Frames/s

18.548 Frames/s

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

4429.590 mHash/s

32.965 mHash/s

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770 Frames

1699 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823 Frames

2837 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

3349 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

34770.000 Fps

1699.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

27823.000 Fps

2837.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

3349.000 Fps

3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

36540

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	1237
PassMark - G2D Mark	258
Geekbench - OpenCL	4082
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection	11.121 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation	391.548 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex	1.105 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition	18.548 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining	32.965 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	1699 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	2837 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3349 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen	1699.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan	2837.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3349.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Games performance

1. StarCraft 2 (2010)
2. Metro 2033 (2010)
3. Left 4 Dead (2008)
4. Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)
5. Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)
6. Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)

7. Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)
8. World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)
9. Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)
10. World of Warcraft (2005)
11. Doom 3 (2004)
12. Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768	193.00
Medium, 1360x768	73.00
High, 1360x768	63.20
Ultra, 1920x1080	31.95

Metro 2033 (2010)

Low, 800x600	101.90
Medium, 1360x768	54.00
High, 1600x900	30.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	9.60

Left 4 Dead (2008)

Low, 640x480	248.00
High, 1024x768	128.00

Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)

Low, 640x480	317.00
High, 1024x768	86.50
Ultra, 1920x1080	31.70

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)

Low, 800x600	301.10
Medium, 1024x768	163.05
High, 1280x1024	100.80

Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)

Low, 1024x768	54.70
Medium, 1024x768	49.20
High, 1024x768	48.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	37.20

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

Low, 1024x768	92.60
Medium, 1024x768	70.20
High, 1024x768	53.60
Ultra, 1920x1080	13.05

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

Low, 800x600	165.00
Medium, 1024x768	66.00
High, 1024x768	62.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	27.00

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)

High, 1024x768

197.00

World of Warcraft (2005)

High, 1280x1024

81.00

Doom 3 (2004)

Low, 640x480	216.00
Ultra, 1024x768	209.00

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)

High, 1024x768

643.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Fermi
Code name	GF106
Launch date	3 September 2010
Place in performance rating	1225
Type	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1350 MHz
Floating-point performance	518.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm
Pipelines	192
Texture fill rate	16.1 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	1,170 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	2-way
API support
DirectX	12 API with Feature Level 12.1
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	60.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI