NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM vs ATI FirePro V4800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM and ATI FirePro V4800 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM

ATI FirePro V4800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
2.3x more texture fill rate: 36.4 GTexel / s vs 15.5 GTexel / s
Around 41% better floating-point performance: 873.6 gflops vs 620.0 gflops
3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 22.202 vs 5.886
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 661.765 vs 321.782
3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.872 vs 0.529
Around 98% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 28.112 vs 14.184
Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 76.736 vs 56.777
Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3712 vs 2211
Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3712 vs 2211
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 3326
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 3326

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 October 2010 vs 26 April 2010
Texture fill rate	36.4 GTexel / s vs 15.5 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	873.6 gflops vs 620.0 gflops
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	22.202 vs 5.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	661.765 vs 321.782
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.872 vs 0.529
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	28.112 vs 14.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	76.736 vs 56.777
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3712 vs 2211
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3712 vs 2211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 3326
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 3326

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V4800

Around 19% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 19% higher pipelines: 400 vs 336
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 69 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 3400 MHz

Core clock speed	775 MHz vs 650 MHz
Pipelines	400 vs 336
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	69 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 3400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V4800

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

22.202

5.886

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

661.765

321.782

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.872

0.529

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

28.112

14.184

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

76.736

56.777

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3712

2211

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3712

2211

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3326

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3326

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM	ATI FirePro V4800
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	22.202	5.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	661.765	321.782
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.872	0.529
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	28.112	14.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	76.736	56.777
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3712	2211
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3712	2211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	3326
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	3326
PassMark - G3D Mark		1204
PassMark - G2D Mark		456
Geekbench - OpenCL		1672
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1512
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1512

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM	ATI FirePro V4800
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale 2
Code name	GF104	Redwood
Launch date	11 October 2010	26 April 2010
Place in performance rating	1098	1099
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$189
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	775 MHz
Floating-point performance	873.6 gflops	620.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	336	400
Texture fill rate	36.4 GTexel / s	15.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	69 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	627 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	210 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	108.8 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3400 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5