NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 X2 vs ATI Radeon HD 5730

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 X2 and ATI Radeon HD 5730 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 X2

ATI Radeon HD 5730

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 X2

15.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 39.3 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 15.5 GTexel / s
Around 68% higher pipelines: 2x 336 vs 400
3x better floating-point performance: 2x 941.5 gflops vs 620.0 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 1 GB vs 1 GB

Texture fill rate	2x 39.3 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 15.5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 336 vs 400
Floating-point performance	2x 941.5 gflops vs 620.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 1 GB vs 1 GB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5730

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 701 MHz
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 64 Watt vs 160 Watt
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 3600 MHz

Core clock speed	775 MHz vs 701 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	64 Watt vs 160 Watt
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 3600 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 X2
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5730

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 X2	ATI Radeon HD 5730
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2484
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2484
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3345

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 X2	ATI Radeon HD 5730
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale 2
Code name	GF104	Redwood
Launch date	11 March 2011	26 February 2011
Place in performance rating	not rated	968
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	701 MHz	775 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 941.5 gflops	620.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2x 336	400
Texture fill rate	2x 39.3 GTexel / s billion / sec	15.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	160 Watt	64 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	627 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	3x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	292 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 115.2 GB / s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5