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: 1986 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 | 1986 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
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE | ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 1986 | 709 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 359 | 224 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 6155 | |
| 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 | |
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Essentials |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
| Multi monitor support | ||
| Number of display connectors | 2 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| 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 |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 10.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.1 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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| 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 |
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