NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 vs NVIDIA GeForce 210

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and NVIDIA GeForce 210 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 9 month(s) later
  • 9.1x more texture fill rate: 37.8 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
  • 21x more pipelines: 336 vs 16
  • 23x better floating-point performance: 907.2 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 512 MB
  • 7.2x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • 18x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2272 vs 126
  • 12.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 388 vs 30
  • 3.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7860 vs 2438
  • 7.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 497
  • 4.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 688
  • 7.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 497
  • 4.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 688
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 July 2010 vs 12 October 2009
Texture fill rate 37.8 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Pipelines 336 vs 16
Floating-point performance 907.2 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
Maximum memory size 768 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2272 vs 126
PassMark - G2D Mark 388 vs 30
Geekbench - OpenCL 7860 vs 2438
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 vs 497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 vs 497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 688

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 210

  • 2.1x more core clock speed: 1402 MHz vs 675 MHz
  • 5.2x lower typical power consumption: 30.5 Watt vs 160 Watt
Core clock speed 1402 MHz vs 675 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30.5 Watt vs 160 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 210

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2272
126
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
388
30
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
7860
2438
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3716
497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3716
497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
688
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 NVIDIA GeForce 210
PassMark - G3D Mark 2272 126
PassMark - G2D Mark 388 30
Geekbench - OpenCL 7860 2438
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 497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 688
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 NVIDIA GeForce 210

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla 2.0
Code name GF104 GT218
Launch date 12 July 2010 12 October 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $29.49
Place in performance rating 917 1674
Price now $89.99 $32.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 34.71 6.81

Technical info

Core clock speed 675 MHz 1402 MHz
Floating-point performance 907.2 gflops 39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 336 16
Texture fill rate 37.8 GTexel / s 4.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt 30.5 Watt
Transistor count 1,950 million 260 million
CUDA cores 16
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal Internal
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA, DVIVGADisplayPort
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0 PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376"(111 mm) (11.1 cm) 2.731" (6.9 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 8.25"(210 mm) (21 cm) 6.60" (16.8 cm)
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin & 6-pin None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.1 3.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 768 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 86.4 GB / s 8.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz 500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR2

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI