NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 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

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 36.4 GTexel / s vs 33.6 billion / sec
3x more pipelines: 336 vs 112
2.6x better floating-point performance: 873.6 gflops vs 336.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
3.8x more memory clock speed: 3400 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3712 vs 2845
Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3712 vs 2845
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 3304
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 3304

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 October 2010 vs 21 July 2008
Texture fill rate	36.4 GTexel / s vs 33.6 billion / sec
Pipelines	336 vs 112
Floating-point performance	873.6 gflops vs 336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3400 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3712 vs 2845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3712 vs 2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 3304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 3304

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

2.3x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 150 Watt

Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 650 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3712

2845

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3712

2845

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3304

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3304

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
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	2845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3712	2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	3304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	3304
PassMark - G3D Mark		457
PassMark - G2D Mark		58

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla
Code name	GF104	G92
Launch date	11 October 2010	21 July 2008
Place in performance rating	1088	1089
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$160
Price now		$103.99
Value for money (0-100)		8.86
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	873.6 gflops	336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	336	112
Texture fill rate	36.4 GTexel / s	33.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	754 million
CUDA cores		112
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	210 mm	9" (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	2x 6-pin
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	108.8 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3400 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI