NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 vs AMD Radeon HD 6850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 and AMD Radeon HD 6850 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 43.6 GTexel / s vs 37.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 70% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 22.161 vs 13.033
  • Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.125 vs 1.333
  • Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 47.218 vs 32.609
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3537 vs 3489
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3537 vs 3489
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 24 September 2011 vs 21 October 2010
Texture fill rate 43.6 GTexel / s vs 37.2 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 22.161 vs 13.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.125 vs 1.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 47.218 vs 32.609
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3537 vs 3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3537 vs 3489

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850

  • 2.9x more pipelines: 960 vs 336
  • Around 42% better floating-point performance: 1,488.0 gflops vs 1,045.6 gflops
  • Around 26% lower typical power consumption: 127 Watt vs 160 Watt
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1965 vs 1872
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 432 vs 418
  • Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 946.933 vs 781.734
  • Around 85% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 139.45 vs 75.212
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3708 vs 3398
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3348 vs 3117
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3708 vs 3398
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3348 vs 3117
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 960 vs 336
Floating-point performance 1,488.0 gflops vs 1,045.6 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 127 Watt vs 160 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1965 vs 1872
PassMark - G2D Mark 432 vs 418
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 946.933 vs 781.734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 139.45 vs 75.212
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3708 vs 3398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3348 vs 3117
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3708 vs 3398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3348 vs 3117

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6850

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1872
1965
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
418
432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22.161
13.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
781.734
946.933
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.125
1.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
47.218
32.609
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
75.212
139.45
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3537
3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3398
3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3117
3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3537
3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3398
3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3117
3348
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 AMD Radeon HD 6850
PassMark - G3D Mark 1872 1965
PassMark - G2D Mark 418 432
Geekbench - OpenCL 7872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 22.161 13.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 781.734 946.933
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.125 1.333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 47.218 32.609
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 75.212 139.45
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3537 3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3398 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3117 3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3537 3489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3398 3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3117 3348
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 AMD Radeon HD 6850

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name GF114 Barts
Launch date 24 September 2011 21 October 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $199 $179
Place in performance rating 839 840
Price now $199.99 $99.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 15.01 28.63
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series

Technical info

Core clock speed 778 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,045.6 gflops 1,488.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 336 960
Texture fill rate 43.6 GTexel / s 37.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt 127 Watt
Transistor count 1,950 million 1,700 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 210 mm 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 1x 6-pin
Bus support AGP

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 96.2 GB / s 128.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire