AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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).

AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 12% higher core clock speed: 875 MHz vs 778 MHz
8.9x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 160 Watt

Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 24 September 2011
Core clock speed	875 MHz vs 778 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 160 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2

6.2x more texture fill rate: 43.6 GTexel / s vs 7 GTexel / s
2.1x more pipelines: 336 vs 160
3.7x better floating-point performance: 1,045.6 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
2.2x more memory clock speed: 4008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 422 vs 202
6.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1866 vs 277

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	43.6 GTexel / s vs 7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	336 vs 160
Floating-point performance	1,045.6 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	422 vs 202
PassMark - G3D Mark	1866 vs 277

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

202

422

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

277

1866

Name	AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2
PassMark - G2D Mark	202	422
PassMark - G3D Mark	277	1866
Geekbench - OpenCL		7872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		22.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		781.734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		47.218
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		75.212
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3117
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3117

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Caicos	GF114
Launch date	21 December 2013	24 September 2011
Place in performance rating	819	822
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$199.99
Value for money (0-100)		15.01
Technical info
Core clock speed	875 MHz	778 MHz
Floating-point performance	280.0 gflops	1,045.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	160	336
Texture fill rate	7 GTexel / s	43.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt	160 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	1,950 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	210 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	96.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	4008 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5