NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 vs Intel HD Graphics 2000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 and Intel HD Graphics 2000 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: 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 v2

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • 56x more pipelines: 336 vs 6
  • 102.5x better floating-point performance: 1,045.6 gflops vs 10.2 gflops
  • 8.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1872 vs 213
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3117 vs 1039
  • 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3117 vs 1039
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 24 September 2011 vs 5 January 2011
Pipelines 336 vs 6
Floating-point performance 1,045.6 gflops vs 10.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1872 vs 213
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3117 vs 1039
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3117 vs 1039

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 2000

  • Around 9% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 778 MHz
  • 19.5x more texture fill rate: 850 MTexel / s vs 43.6 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 456 vs 418
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 778 MHz
Texture fill rate 850 MTexel / s vs 43.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 456 vs 418

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 2000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1872
213
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
418
456
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3117
1039
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3117
1039
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 Intel HD Graphics 2000
PassMark - G3D Mark 1872 213
PassMark - G2D Mark 418 456
Geekbench - OpenCL 7872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 22.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 781.734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 47.218
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 75.212
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3117 1039
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3117 1039

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 Intel HD Graphics 2000

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Generation 6.0
Code name GF114 Sandy Bridge GT1
Launch date 24 September 2011 5 January 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Place in performance rating 821 687
Price now $199.99
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 15.01

Technical info

Core clock speed 778 MHz 850 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,045.6 gflops 10.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 32 nm
Pipelines 336 6
Texture fill rate 43.6 GTexel / s 850 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt
Transistor count 1,950 million 189 million
Boost clock speed 1150 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 210 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 96.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 1