NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 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) 9 month(s) later
  • 2.2x more core clock speed: 1350 MHz vs 610 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
  • 3.8x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 189 Watt
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1220 vs 1201
  • 3.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 258 vs 83
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3349 vs 3319
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3349 vs 3319
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 September 2010 vs 11 November 2008
Core clock speed 1350 MHz vs 610 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 189 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1220 vs 1201
PassMark - G2D Mark 258 vs 83
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 vs 3319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 vs 3319

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

  • 3x more texture fill rate: 48.8 GTexel / s vs 16.1 billion / sec
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 240 vs 192
  • Around 20% better floating-point performance: 622.1 gflops vs 518.4 gflops
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1536 MB
  • Around 28% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • 4.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18229 vs 4263
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 48.8 GTexel / s vs 16.1 billion / sec
Pipelines 240 vs 192
Floating-point performance 622.1 gflops vs 518.4 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1536 MB
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 18229 vs 4263

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1220
1201
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
258
83
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4263
18229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3349
3319
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3349
3319
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
PassMark - G3D Mark 1220 1201
PassMark - G2D Mark 258 83
Geekbench - OpenCL 4263 18229
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 3319
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2837
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 3319
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla 2.0
Code name GF106 GT200B
Launch date 3 September 2010 11 November 2008
Place in performance rating 1234 1236
Type Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $3,499
Price now $178.89
Value for money (0-100) 8.02

Technical info

Core clock speed 1350 MHz 610 MHz
Floating-point performance 518.4 gflops 622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 192 240
Texture fill rate 16.1 billion / sec 48.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 189 Watt
Transistor count 1,170 million 1,400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
SLI options 2-way
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12 API with Feature Level 12.1 10.0
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 60.0 GB / s 102.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 1250 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI