NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600 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

NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 675 MHz vs 275 MHz
34.4x more texture fill rate: 37.8 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 128 MB
7.2x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 500 MHz
125.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2261 vs 18
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 385 vs 186

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 July 2010 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed	675 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	37.8 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2261 vs 18
PassMark - G2D Mark	385 vs 186

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2261

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

385

186

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460	NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600
PassMark - G3D Mark	2261	18
PassMark - G2D Mark	385	186
Geekbench - OpenCL	7759
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	NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Rankine
Code name	GF104	NV31 A1
Launch date	12 July 2010	1 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$229
Place in performance rating	943	945
Price now	$89.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	34.71
Technical info
Core clock speed	675 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	907.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	336
Texture fill rate	37.8 GTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	160 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	80 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI	No outputs
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	AGP 8x
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)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.1	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	86.4 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI