NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 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 850M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 90% higher pipelines: 640 vs 336
Around 27% better floating-point performance: 1,155 gflops vs 907.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
3.6x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 160 Watt
2.7x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 768 MB
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2513 vs 2263
Around 25% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9697 vs 7786
Around 76% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 37.761 vs 21.445
Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.428 vs 1.823
Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 38.889 vs 27.222
3.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 151.016 vs 40.61
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3817 vs 3351
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3817 vs 3351

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 March 2014 vs 12 July 2010
Pipelines	640 vs 336
Floating-point performance	1,155 gflops vs 907.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 160 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 768 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2513 vs 2263
Geekbench - OpenCL	9697 vs 7786
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	37.761 vs 21.445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.428 vs 1.823
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	38.889 vs 27.222
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	151.016 vs 40.61
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3817 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3817 vs 3351

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 37.8 GTexel / s vs 36.08 GTexel / s
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 385 vs 226
Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 617.847 vs 388.248
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 3685
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 3685

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	37.8 GTexel / s vs 36.08 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	385 vs 226
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	617.847 vs 388.248
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716 vs 3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716 vs 3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3353

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2513

2263

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

226

385

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

9697

7786

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

37.761

21.445

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

388.248

617.847

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.428

1.823

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

38.889

27.222

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

151.016

40.61

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3817

3351

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3685

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3817

3351

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3685

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3356

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
PassMark - G3D Mark	2513	2263
PassMark - G2D Mark	226	385
Geekbench - OpenCL	9697	7786
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	37.761	21.445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	388.248	617.847
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.428	1.823
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	38.889	27.222
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	151.016	40.61
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3817	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3817	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	979	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Fermi
Code name	GM107	GF104
Launch date	12 March 2014	12 July 2010
Place in performance rating	940	943
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Price now		$89.99
Value for money (0-100)		34.71
Technical info
CUDA cores	640
Floating-point performance	1,155 gflops	907.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	640	336
Texture fill rate	36.08 GTexel / s	37.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	160 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	1,950 million
Core clock speed		675 MHz
Video outputs and ports
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support	Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support	Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support	Up to 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0	16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Height		4.376"(111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		8.25"(210 mm) (21 cm)
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin & 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	768 MB
Memory bandwidth	80.0 GB / s	86.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Standard memory configuration	DDR3 or GDDR5
Memory clock speed		3600 MHz
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA
3D Vision