NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE vs ATI Radeon Xpress 1270 IGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE and ATI Radeon Xpress 1270 IGP 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 Radeon Xpress 1270 IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
4.3x more core clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 300 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
74.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2011 vs 27
Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 368 vs 191

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 November 2010 vs 28 February 2007
Core clock speed	1300 MHz vs 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2011 vs 27
PassMark - G2D Mark	368 vs 191

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE
GPU 2: ATI Radeon Xpress 1270 IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2011

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

368

191

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE	ATI Radeon Xpress 1270 IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	2011	27
PassMark - G2D Mark	368	191
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 Radeon Xpress 1270 IGP
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	R400
Code name	GF104	RS690
Launch date	15 November 2010	28 February 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$160
Place in performance rating	922	912
Price now	$159.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	15.95
Technical info
Core clock speed	1300 MHz	300 MHz
CUDA cores	288
Floating-point performance	748.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	104 °C
Pipelines	288
Texture fill rate	31.2 billion / sec
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	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0b
OpenGL	4.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	108.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround