NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE vs ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE and ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 58% higher core clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 825 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
  • Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 165 Watt
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1985 vs 709
  • Around 60% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 359 vs 224
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 November 2010 vs 26 January 2008
Core clock speed 1300 MHz vs 825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 165 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1985 vs 709
PassMark - G2D Mark 359 vs 224

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

  • 6.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 31.2 billion / sec
  • 2.2x more pipelines: 2x 320 vs 288
  • Around 41% better floating-point performance: 2x 528.0 gflops vs 748.8 gflops
  • Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 1802 MHz vs 1700 MHz
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3336 vs 3108
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3336 vs 3108
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 31.2 billion / sec
Pipelines 2x 320 vs 288
Floating-point performance 2x 528.0 gflops vs 748.8 gflops
Memory clock speed 1802 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3336 vs 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3336 vs 3108

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1985
709
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
359
224
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3108
3336
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3108
3336
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark 1985 709
PassMark - G2D Mark 359 224
Geekbench - OpenCL 6569
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 3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3044
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3491
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3108 3336

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Essentials

Architecture Fermi TeraScale
Code name GF104 R680
Launch date 15 November 2010 26 January 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $160 $449
Place in performance rating 942 944
Price now $159.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 15.95

Technical info

Core clock speed 1300 MHz 825 MHz
CUDA cores 288
Floating-point performance 748.8 gflops 2x 528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 104 °C
Pipelines 288 2x 320
Texture fill rate 31.2 billion / sec 2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 165 Watt
Transistor count 1,950 million 666 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 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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 2.0 x16
Length 8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm) 267 mm
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin & 6-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.1 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 108.8 GB / s 2x 57.7 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1700 MHz 1802 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround