AMD Radeon R9 M275X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M275X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM 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 - 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M275X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 38% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • Around 2% higher texture fill rate: 37 GTexel / s vs 36.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 90% higher pipelines: 640 vs 336
  • Around 36% better floating-point performance: 1,184 gflops vs 873.6 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 28.109 vs 22.202
  • Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.187 vs 1.872
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 33.837 vs 28.112
  • Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 91.407 vs 76.736
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 January 2014 vs 11 October 2010
Core clock speed 900 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate 37 GTexel / s vs 36.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 640 vs 336
Floating-point performance 1,184 gflops vs 873.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 28.109 vs 22.202
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.187 vs 1.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 33.837 vs 28.112
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 91.407 vs 76.736

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM

  • 3x more memory clock speed: 3400 MHz vs 1125 MHz
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 661.765 vs 283.116
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3712 vs 1228
  • Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 1705
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3712 vs 1228
  • Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 1705
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 3400 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 661.765 vs 283.116
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3712 vs 1228
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 1705
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3712 vs 1228
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 1705

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M275X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
28.109
22.202
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
283.116
661.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.187
1.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.837
28.112
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
91.407
76.736
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1228
3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1705
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1228
3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1705
3353
Name AMD Radeon R9 M275X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 1616
PassMark - G2D Mark 338
Geekbench - OpenCL 11041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 28.109 22.202
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 283.116 661.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.187 1.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 33.837 28.112
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 91.407 76.736
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3265
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1228 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1705 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3265
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1228 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1705 3353

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 M275X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi
Code name Venus GF104
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch date 28 January 2014 11 October 2010
Place in performance rating 1096 1099
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 925 MHz
Compute units 10
Core clock speed 900 MHz 650 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,184 gflops 873.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 640 336
Texture fill rate 37 GTexel / s 36.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,500 million 1,950 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 210 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 11 12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s 108.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1125 MHz 3400 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore