NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE vs NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE and NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600 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

NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 8 month(s) later
4.7x more core clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 275 MHz
28.4x more texture fill rate: 31.2 billion / sec vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
3.4x more memory clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 500 MHz
110.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1985 vs 18
Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 359 vs 186

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 November 2010 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed	1300 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	31.2 billion / sec vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1985 vs 18
PassMark - G2D Mark	359 vs 186

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1985

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

359

186

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE	NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600
PassMark - G3D Mark	1985	18
PassMark - G2D Mark	359	186
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
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	NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Rankine
Code name	GF104	NV31 A1
Launch date	15 November 2010	1 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$160
Place in performance rating	942	945
Price now	$159.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	15.95
Technical info
Core clock speed	1300 MHz	275 MHz
CUDA cores	288
Floating-point performance	748.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	104 °C
Pipelines	288
Texture fill rate	31.2 billion / sec	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	80 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	AGP 8x
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)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.1	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	108.8 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround