NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI

Around 33% higher pipelines: 384 vs 288
2x more maximum memory size: 2x1536 MB vs 1536 MB

Pipelines	384 vs 288
Maximum memory size	2x1536 MB vs 1536 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

Around 63% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 675 MHz

Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 675 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M
PassMark - G3D Mark		1953
PassMark - G2D Mark		413
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		732
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		732
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1112

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Fermi
Code name	N11E-GS	GF104
Launch date	3 September 2010	3 September 2010
Place in performance rating	not rated	896
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	675 MHz	1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	288
Floating-point performance		616.3 gflops
Texture fill rate		19.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		75 Watt
Transistor count		1,950 million
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	large	large
Interface		MXM-B (3.0)
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11	12 API
OpenCL		1.1
OpenGL		4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x1536 MB	1536 MB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Memory bandwidth		60.0 GB / s
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs