AMD Radeon HD 7790 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7790 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7790
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 778 MHz
- Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 56 GTexel / s vs 43.6 GTexel / s
- 2.7x more pipelines: 896 vs 336
- Around 71% better floating-point performance: 1,792 gflops vs 1,045.6 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
- Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 160 Watt
- Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 4008 MHz
- Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3090 vs 1872
- Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 459 vs 418
- Around 88% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14832 vs 7872
- Around 84% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 40.763 vs 22.161
- Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 828.247 vs 781.734
- Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.646 vs 2.125
- Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 63.284 vs 47.218
- 2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 217.744 vs 75.212
- Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5087 vs 3537
- Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5087 vs 3537
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 22 March 2013 vs 24 September 2011 |
Core clock speed | 1000 MHz vs 778 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 56 GTexel / s vs 43.6 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 896 vs 336 |
Floating-point performance | 1,792 gflops vs 1,045.6 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 40 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 85 Watt vs 160 Watt |
Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz vs 4008 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 3090 vs 1872 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 459 vs 418 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 14832 vs 7872 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 40.763 vs 22.161 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 828.247 vs 781.734 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.646 vs 2.125 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 63.284 vs 47.218 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 217.744 vs 75.212 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 5087 vs 3537 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 5087 vs 3537 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2
- 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3398 vs 988
- Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3117 vs 2061
- 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3398 vs 988
- Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3117 vs 2061
Benchmarks | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3398 vs 988 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3117 vs 2061 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3398 vs 988 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3117 vs 2061 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7790
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | AMD Radeon HD 7790 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 3090 | 1872 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 459 | 418 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 14832 | 7872 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 40.763 | 22.161 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 828.247 | 781.734 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.646 | 2.125 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 63.284 | 47.218 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 217.744 | 75.212 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 5087 | 3537 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 988 | 3398 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2061 | 3117 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 5087 | 3537 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 988 | 3398 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2061 | 3117 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon HD 7790 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | GCN 2.0 | Fermi 2.0 |
Code name | Bonaire | GF114 |
Design | AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series | |
Launch date | 22 March 2013 | 24 September 2011 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $149 | $199 |
Place in performance rating | 837 | 839 |
Price now | $134.99 | $199.99 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 29.57 | 15.01 |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | 778 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 1,792 gflops | 1,045.6 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
Pipelines | 896 | 336 |
Texture fill rate | 56 GTexel / s | 43.6 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 85 Watt | 160 Watt |
Transistor count | 2,080 million | 1,950 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Length | 183 mm | 210 mm |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 2x 6-pin |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (12_0) | 12.0 (11_0) |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 96 GB / s | 96.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 192 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 6000 MHz | 4008 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |