NVIDIA GeForce 830M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 830M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 830M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 18.4 GTexel / s vs 16.1 billion / sec
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 256 vs 192
  • Around 14% better floating-point performance: 588.8 gflops vs 518.4 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1536 MB
  • Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4179 vs 4119
  • Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 16.955 vs 11.121
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 67.443 vs 32.965
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1729 vs 1699
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3589 vs 2837
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1729 vs 1699
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3589 vs 2837
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 March 2014 vs 3 September 2010
Texture fill rate 18.4 GTexel / s vs 16.1 billion / sec
Pipelines 256 vs 192
Floating-point performance 588.8 gflops vs 518.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1536 MB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 4179 vs 4119
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 16.955 vs 11.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 67.443 vs 32.965
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1729 vs 1699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3589 vs 2837
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1729 vs 1699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3589 vs 2837
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 vs 3349

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M

  • Around 25% higher core clock speed: 1350 MHz vs 1082 MHz
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1213 vs 1010
  • Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 255 vs 136
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 391.548 vs 156.544
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.105 vs 1.013
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 18.548 vs 17.81
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1350 MHz vs 1082 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1213 vs 1010
PassMark - G2D Mark 255 vs 136
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 391.548 vs 156.544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.105 vs 1.013
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 18.548 vs 17.81

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 830M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1010
1213
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
136
255
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4179
4119
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16.955
11.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
156.544
391.548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.013
1.105
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17.81
18.548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
67.443
32.965
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1729
1699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3589
2837
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3352
3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1729
1699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3589
2837
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3352
3349
Name NVIDIA GeForce 830M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1010 1213
PassMark - G2D Mark 136 255
Geekbench - OpenCL 4179 4119
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 16.955 11.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 156.544 391.548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.013 1.105
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 17.81 18.548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 67.443 32.965
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1729 1699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3589 2837
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1729 1699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3589 2837
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 830M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Fermi
Code name GM108 GF106
Launch date 12 March 2014 3 September 2010
Place in performance rating 1229 1231
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1150 MHz
Core clock speed 1082 MHz 1350 MHz
Floating-point performance 588.8 gflops 518.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 256 192
Texture fill rate 18.4 GTexel / s 16.1 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 1,170 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12 API with Feature Level 12.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1536 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 60.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus
3D Vision
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
SLI