NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 vs ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 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
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
- Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 165 Watt
- 2x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1802 MHz
- 3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2261 vs 709
- Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 385 vs 224
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3336
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3336
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 12 July 2010 vs 26 January 2008 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 55 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 160 Watt vs 165 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 3600 MHz vs 1802 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2261 vs 709 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 385 vs 224 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3356 vs 3336 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3356 vs 3336 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
- Around 22% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 675 MHz
- 5.6x more texture fill rate: 2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 37.8 GTexel / s
- Around 90% higher pipelines: 2x 320 vs 336
- Around 16% better floating-point performance: 2x 528.0 gflops vs 907.2 gflops
- Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 768 MB
| Core clock speed | 825 MHz vs 675 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 37.8 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2x 320 vs 336 |
| Floating-point performance | 2x 528.0 gflops vs 907.2 gflops |
| Maximum memory size | 2x 512 MB vs 768 MB |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 | ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2261 | 709 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 385 | 224 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 7759 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 21.445 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 617.847 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.823 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 27.222 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 40.61 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3351 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3716 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3356 | 3336 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3351 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3716 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3356 | 3336 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 | ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Fermi | TeraScale |
| Code name | GF104 | R680 |
| Launch date | 12 July 2010 | 26 January 2008 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $229 | $449 |
| Place in performance rating | 943 | 944 |
| Price now | $89.99 | |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 34.71 | |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 675 MHz | 825 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 907.2 gflops | 2x 528.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 55 nm |
| Pipelines | 336 | 2x 320 |
| Texture fill rate | 37.8 GTexel / s | 2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 160 Watt | 165 Watt |
| Transistor count | 1,950 million | 666 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
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| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | 16x PCI-E 2.0 | |
| Height | 4.376"(111 mm) (11.1 cm) | |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 8.25"(210 mm) (21 cm) | 267 mm |
| SLI options | 2-way | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 6-pin & 6-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 10.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.1 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 768 MB | 2x 512 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 86.4 GB / s | 2x 57.7 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 2x 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 3600 MHz | 1802 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Technologies |
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