NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 vs ATI Radeon HD 5550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and ATI Radeon HD 5550 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 5550

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 23% higher core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 550 MHz
4.3x more texture fill rate: 37.8 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Around 5% higher pipelines: 336 vs 320
2.6x better floating-point performance: 907.2 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 512 MB
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 3200 MHz
6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2272 vs 377
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 388 vs 185

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 July 2010 vs 9 February 2010
Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	37.8 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	336 vs 320
Floating-point performance	907.2 gflops vs 352.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 3200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2272 vs 377
PassMark - G2D Mark	388 vs 185

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5550

4.1x lower typical power consumption: 39 Watt vs 160 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	39 Watt vs 160 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2272

377

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

388

185

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460	ATI Radeon HD 5550
PassMark - G3D Mark	2272	377
PassMark - G2D Mark	388	185
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460	ATI Radeon HD 5550
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale 2
Code name	GF104	Redwood
Launch date	12 July 2010	9 February 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$229
Place in performance rating	917	918
Price now	$89.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	34.71
Technical info
Core clock speed	675 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	907.2 gflops	352.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	336	320
Texture fill rate	37.8 GTexel / s	8.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	160 Watt	39 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	627 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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)	165 mm
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.1	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	86.4 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI