NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M and NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 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 460M

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 1350 MHz vs 430 MHz
Around 56% higher texture fill rate: 16.1 billion / sec vs 10.32 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
Around 72% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 86 Watt
6x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 256 MB
Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1200 MHz
4.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1207 vs 291
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 253 vs 196
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 1244
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 1244

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 September 2010 vs 22 June 2005
Core clock speed	1350 MHz vs 430 MHz
Texture fill rate	16.1 billion / sec vs 10.32 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 86 Watt
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1207 vs 291
PassMark - G2D Mark	253 vs 196
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349 vs 1244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349 vs 1244

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1207

291

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

253

196

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

1244

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3349

1244

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	1207	291
PassMark - G2D Mark	253	196
Geekbench - OpenCL	4119
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	11.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	391.548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.105
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	18.548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	32.965
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2837
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349	1244
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2837
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349	1244
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Curie
Code name	GF106	G70
Launch date	3 September 2010	22 June 2005
Place in performance rating	1231	1234
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Technical info
Core clock speed	1350 MHz	430 MHz
Floating-point performance	518.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	192
Texture fill rate	16.1 billion / sec	10.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	86 Watt
Transistor count	1,170 million	302 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	2-way
Length		228 mm
API support
DirectX	12 API with Feature Level 12.1	9.0c
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	60.0 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI