NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM vs ATI FireMV 2200 PCI

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM and ATI FireMV 2200 PCI 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: 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM

ATI FireMV 2200 PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.7x more core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 240 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 150 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 64 MB
8.5x more memory clock speed: 3400 MHz vs 400 MHz

Launch date	11 October 2010 vs 1 January 2006
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 240 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	3400 MHz vs 400 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2200 PCI

26.4x more texture fill rate: 960 MTexel / s vs 36.4 GTexel / s
10x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 150 Watt

Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s vs 36.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2200 PCI

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM	ATI FireMV 2200 PCI
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	22.202
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	661.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	28.112
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	76.736
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3712
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353
PassMark - G2D Mark		153
PassMark - G3D Mark		1

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM	ATI FireMV 2200 PCI
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Rage 7
Code name	GF104	RV280
Launch date	11 October 2010	1 January 2006
Place in performance rating	1088	1090
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	240 MHz
Floating-point performance	873.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	336
Texture fill rate	36.4 GTexel / s	960 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	36 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Length	210 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	8.1
OpenGL	4.6	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	108.8 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3400 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR