NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 vs ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and ATI Radeon HD 4870 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
Around 79% lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 286 Watt
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2272 vs 1309
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3323
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3323

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 July 2010 vs 12 August 2008
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	160 Watt vs 286 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2272 vs 1309
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3323

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 675 MHz
6x more texture fill rate: 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 37.8 GTexel / s
4.8x more pipelines: 2x 800 vs 336
2.5x better floating-point performance: 2x 1,120.0 gflops vs 907.2 gflops
2.7x more maximum memory size: 2x 1 GB vs 768 MB
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 565 vs 388

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 675 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 37.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 800 vs 336
Floating-point performance	2x 1,120.0 gflops vs 907.2 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 1 GB vs 768 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	565 vs 388

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2272

1309

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

388

565

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3323

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3323

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	2272	1309
PassMark - G2D Mark	388	565
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	3323
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3323
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale
Code name	GF104	R700
Launch date	12 July 2010	12 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$550
Place in performance rating	917	466
Price now	$89.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	34.71
Technical info
Core clock speed	675 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	907.2 gflops	2x 1,120.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	336	2x 800
Texture fill rate	37.8 GTexel / s	2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	160 Watt	286 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	956 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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	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
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	86.4 GB / s	2x 115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI