NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M

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
38582
1207
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
253
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
4119
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
530.303 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
36466
0
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 1207
PassMark - G2D Mark 253
Geekbench - OpenCL 4119
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

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768193.00
Medium, 1360x76873.00
High, 1360x76863.20
Ultra, 1920x108031.95

Metro 2033 (2010)

Low, 800x600101.90
Medium, 1360x76854.00
High, 1600x90030.00
Ultra, 1920x10809.60

Left 4 Dead (2008)

Low, 640x480248.00
High, 1024x768128.00

Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)

Low, 640x480317.00
High, 1024x76886.50
Ultra, 1920x108031.70

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)

Low, 800x600301.10
Medium, 1024x768163.05
High, 1280x1024100.80

Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)

Low, 1024x76854.70
Medium, 1024x76849.20
High, 1024x76848.40
Ultra, 1920x108037.20

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

Low, 1024x76892.60
Medium, 1024x76870.20
High, 1024x76853.60
Ultra, 1920x108013.05

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

Low, 800x600165.00
Medium, 1024x76866.00
High, 1024x76862.00
Ultra, 1920x108027.00

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)

High, 1024x768197.00

World of Warcraft (2005)

High, 1280x102481.00

Doom 3 (2004)

Low, 640x480216.00
Ultra, 1024x768209.00

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)

High, 1024x768643.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Fermi
Code name GF106
Launch date 3 September 2010
Place in performance rating 1229
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