NVIDIA GeForce 930A vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 930A and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 930A

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 384 vs 288
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 4.5x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1700 MHz
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3108
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3108
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 March 2015 vs 15 November 2010
Pipelines 384 vs 288
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3108

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE

  • Around 40% higher core clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 928 MHz
  • Around 38% higher texture fill rate: 31.2 billion / sec vs 22.58 GTexel / s
  • Around 4% better floating-point performance: 748.8 gflops vs 722.7 gflops
  • Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1990 vs 1263
  • Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 363 vs 207
  • Around 19% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6340 vs 5317
  • Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3044 vs 2081
  • Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3044 vs 2081
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3491 vs 3192
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3491 vs 3192
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1300 MHz vs 928 MHz
Texture fill rate 31.2 billion / sec vs 22.58 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 748.8 gflops vs 722.7 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1990 vs 1263
PassMark - G2D Mark 363 vs 207
Geekbench - OpenCL 6340 vs 5317
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3044 vs 2081
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3044 vs 2081
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3491 vs 3192
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3491 vs 3192

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 930A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1263
1990
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
207
363
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5317
6340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2081
3044
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2081
3044
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3192
3491
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3192
3491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3108
Name NVIDIA GeForce 930A NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark 1263 1990
PassMark - G2D Mark 207 363
Geekbench - OpenCL 5317 6340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2081 3044
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2081 3044
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3192 3491
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3192 3491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 3108
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 18.62
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 635.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.755
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 48.203

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 930A NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Fermi
Code name GM108 GF104
Launch date 13 March 2015 15 November 2010
Place in performance rating 913 916
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $160
Price now $159.99
Value for money (0-100) 15.95

Technical info

Boost clock speed 941 MHz
Core clock speed 928 MHz 1300 MHz
Floating-point performance 722.7 gflops 748.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 288
Texture fill rate 22.58 GTexel / s 31.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 150 Watt
CUDA cores 288
Maximum GPU temperature 104 °C
Transistor count 1,950 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, 2 x Dual-Link DVI-I1 x Mini HDMI
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Number of display connectors 2

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 108.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1700 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround