NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 vs ATI Radeon HD 4200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and ATI Radeon HD 4200 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

ATI Radeon HD 4200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 500 MHz
8.4x more pipelines: 336 vs 40
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 512 MB
20.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2272 vs 112
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 388 vs 372
6.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 485
6.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 485

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 July 2010 vs 10 September 2009
Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 500 MHz
Pipelines	336 vs 40
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2272 vs 112
PassMark - G2D Mark	388 vs 372
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 485
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 485

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2272

112

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

388

372

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

485

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

485

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460	ATI Radeon HD 4200
PassMark - G3D Mark	2272	112
PassMark - G2D Mark	388	372
Geekbench - OpenCL	7860
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	485
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	485
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460	ATI Radeon HD 4200
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	RV6xx
Code name	GF104	RV620
Launch date	12 July 2010	10 September 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$229
Place in performance rating	917	919
Price now	$89.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	34.71
Technical info
Core clock speed	675 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	907.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	336	40
Texture fill rate	37.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	160 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376"(111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
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)	10.1
OpenGL	4.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	86.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory		yes
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI
HDCP support
PCI-E 2.0