NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE vs ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE and ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL 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, 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE

ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 8 month(s) later
3.7x more core clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 350 MHz
11.1x more texture fill rate: 31.2 billion / sec vs 2.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
2.6x more memory clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 660 MHz
33.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2011 vs 60
Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 368 vs 189

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 November 2010 vs 1 March 2005
Core clock speed	1300 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	31.2 billion / sec vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz vs 660 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2011 vs 60
PassMark - G2D Mark	368 vs 189

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2011

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

368

189

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE	ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL
PassMark - G3D Mark	2011	60
PassMark - G2D Mark	368	189
Geekbench - OpenCL	6607
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3044
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3108
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3044
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3108

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE	ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	R400
Code name	GF104	M26
Launch date	15 November 2010	1 March 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$160
Place in performance rating	922	923
Price now	$159.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	15.95
Technical info
Core clock speed	1300 MHz	350 MHz
CUDA cores	288
Floating-point performance	748.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	104 °C
Pipelines	288
Texture fill rate	31.2 billion / sec	2.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	120 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, 2 x Dual-Link DVI-I1 x Mini HDMI	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Number of display connectors	2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0b
OpenGL	4.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	108.8 GB / s	10.56 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz	660 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround