NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 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), 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 48.0 billion / sec vs 43.6 GTexel / s
  • 2.9x more pipelines: 960 vs 336
  • Around 10% better floating-point performance: 1,154 gflops vs 1,045.6 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 160 Watt
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1947 vs 1872
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3698 vs 3398
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 3117
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3698 vs 3398
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 3117
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 October 2012 vs 24 September 2011
Texture fill rate 48.0 billion / sec vs 43.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 960 vs 336
Floating-point performance 1,154 gflops vs 1,045.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 160 Watt
Maximum memory size 3 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1947 vs 1872
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3698 vs 3398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 vs 3117
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3698 vs 3398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 vs 3117

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2

  • Around 30% higher core clock speed: 778 MHz vs 600 MHz
  • 2.9x more memory clock speed: 4008 MHz vs 1400 MHz
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 418 vs 326
  • Around 32% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7872 vs 5980
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 22.161 vs 20.831
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3537 vs 3396
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3537 vs 3396
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 778 MHz vs 600 MHz
Memory clock speed 4008 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 418 vs 326
Geekbench - OpenCL 7872 vs 5980
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 22.161 vs 20.831
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3537 vs 3396
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3537 vs 3396

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1947
1872
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
326
418
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5980
7872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20.831
22.161
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3396
3537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3698
3398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
3117
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3396
3537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3698
3398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3350
3117
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2
PassMark - G3D Mark 1947 1872
PassMark - G2D Mark 326 418
Geekbench - OpenCL 5980 7872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 20.831 22.161
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3396 3537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3698 3398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 3117
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3396 3537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3698 3398
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 3117
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 781.734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 47.218
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 75.212

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Fermi 2.0
Code name GK104 GF114
Launch date 1 October 2012 24 September 2011
Place in performance rating 818 821
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Price now $199.99
Value for money (0-100) 15.01

Technical info

Core clock speed 600 MHz 778 MHz
CUDA cores 960
Floating-point performance 1,154 gflops 1,045.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 960 336
Texture fill rate 48.0 billion / sec 43.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 160 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 1,950 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
SLI options 2-way
Length 210 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12 API 12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 67.2 GB / s 96.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz 4008 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
FXAA
SLI
TXAA