NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 vs ATI Radeon X1950 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and ATI Radeon X1950 GT 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 X1950 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 500 MHz
6.3x more texture fill rate: 37.8 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 256 MB
3x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
21.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2271 vs 106
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 387 vs 279
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 2517
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 2517

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 July 2010 vs 29 January 2007
Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	37.8 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2271 vs 106
PassMark - G2D Mark	387 vs 279
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 2517
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 2517

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 GT

2.8x lower typical power consumption: 57 Watt vs 160 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	57 Watt vs 160 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2271

106

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

387

279

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

2517

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

2517

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460	ATI Radeon X1950 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	2271	106
PassMark - G2D Mark	387	279
Geekbench - OpenCL	7861
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	2517
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	2517
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460	ATI Radeon X1950 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	R500
Code name	GF104	RV570
Launch date	12 July 2010	29 January 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$229	$140
Place in performance rating	930	933
Price now	$89.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
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	80 nm
Pipelines	336
Texture fill rate	37.8 GTexel / s	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	160 Watt	57 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	330 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 1.0 x16
Length	8.25"(210 mm) (21 cm)
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	86.4 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI