NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550 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: 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 550 MHz
8.3x more texture fill rate: 36.4 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
4.2x more pipelines: 336 vs 80
9.9x better floating-point performance: 873.6 gflops vs 88 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
2.4x more memory clock speed: 3400 MHz vs 1400 MHz
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 782
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 782

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 October 2010 vs 1 January 2010
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	36.4 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	336 vs 80
Floating-point performance	873.6 gflops vs 88 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3400 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 782
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 782

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

782

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

782

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
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	782
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	782
PassMark - G3D Mark		191
PassMark - G2D Mark		290

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale
Code name	GF104	M92
Launch date	11 October 2010	1 January 2010
Place in performance rating	1061	1062
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	873.6 gflops	88 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	336	80
Texture fill rate	36.4 GTexel / s	4.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	242 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	210 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	108.8 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3400 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay