NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 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 460M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
  • 4.4x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 219 Watt
  • Around 71% higher maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 896 MB
  • Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1134 MHz
  • 3.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 253 vs 67
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 3195
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 3195
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 September 2010 vs 15 January 2009
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 219 Watt
Maximum memory size 1536 MB vs 896 MB
Memory clock speed 1250 MHz vs 1134 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 253 vs 67
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 vs 3195
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 vs 3195

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

  • Around 4% higher core clock speed: 1404 MHz vs 1350 MHz
  • 3.1x more texture fill rate: 50.6 billion / sec vs 16.1 billion / sec
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 240 vs 192
  • Around 30% better floating-point performance: 673.9 gflops vs 518.4 gflops
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1385 vs 1207
  • 5.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 23256 vs 4119
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1404 MHz vs 1350 MHz
Texture fill rate 50.6 billion / sec vs 16.1 billion / sec
Pipelines 240 vs 192
Floating-point performance 673.9 gflops vs 518.4 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1385 vs 1207
Geekbench - OpenCL 23256 vs 4119

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1207
1385
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
253
67
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4119
23256
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3349
3195
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3349
3195
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275
PassMark - G3D Mark 1207 1385
PassMark - G2D Mark 253 67
Geekbench - OpenCL 4119 23256
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 3195
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2837
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 3195
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla 2.0
Code name GF106 GT200B
Launch date 3 September 2010 15 January 2009
Place in performance rating 1230 1232
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $249
Price now $119.99
Value for money (0-100) 13.43

Technical info

Core clock speed 1350 MHz 1404 MHz
Floating-point performance 518.4 gflops 673.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 192 240
Texture fill rate 16.1 billion / sec 50.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 219 Watt
Transistor count 1,170 million 1,400 million
CUDA cores 240
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs Two Dual Link DVI, 2x DVI
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
SLI options 2-way 2-way3-way
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12 API with Feature Level 12.1 10.0
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 896 MB
Memory bandwidth 60.0 GB / s 127.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 448 Bit
Memory clock speed 1250 MHz 1134 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI