AMD Radeon R5 M330 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M330 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M330

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 41% higher core clock speed: 955 MHz vs 675 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 8.9x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 160 Watt
  • 5.3x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 768 MB
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 519 vs 388
  • Around 70% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 69.096 vs 40.61
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 12 July 2010
Core clock speed 955 MHz vs 675 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 18 Watt vs 160 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 768 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 519 vs 388
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 69.096 vs 40.61

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

  • Around 83% higher texture fill rate: 37.8 GTexel / s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 5% higher pipelines: 336 vs 320
  • Around 38% better floating-point performance: 907.2 gflops vs 659.2 gflops
  • 3.6x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 3.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2272 vs 596
  • Around 34% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7860 vs 5874
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3351 vs 1155
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 1850
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 2691
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3351 vs 1155
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 1850
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 2691
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 37.8 GTexel / s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 336 vs 320
Floating-point performance 907.2 gflops vs 659.2 gflops
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2272 vs 596
Geekbench - OpenCL 7860 vs 5874
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3351 vs 1155
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 vs 1850
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 2691
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3351 vs 1155
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 vs 1850
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 2691

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M330
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
596
2272
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
519
388
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5874
7860
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
69.096
40.61
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1155
3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1850
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2691
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1155
3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1850
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2691
3356
Name AMD Radeon R5 M330 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
PassMark - G3D Mark 596 2272
PassMark - G2D Mark 519 388
Geekbench - OpenCL 5874 7860
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 69.096 40.61
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1155 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1850 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2691 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1155 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1850 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2691 3356
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 21.445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 617.847
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.823
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.222
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 M330 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi
Code name Exo GF104
Design AMD Radeon R5 300 Series
Launch date 5 May 2015 12 July 2010
Place in performance rating 926 917
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $229
Price now $89.99
Value for money (0-100) 34.71

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1030 MHz
Compute units 5
Core clock speed 955 MHz 675 MHz
Floating-point performance 659.2 gflops 907.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 320 336
Texture fill rate 20.6 GTexel / s 37.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 18 Watt 160 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,950 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 6-pin & 6-pin
Height 4.376"(111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length 8.25"(210 mm) (21 cm)
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 4.1
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 768 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 86.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

DualGraphics
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI