NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 2 month(s) later
3.3x more core clock speed: 2205 MHz vs 675 MHz
20145.5x more texture fill rate: 761.5 GTexel/s vs 37.8 GTexel / s
29x more pipelines: 9728 vs 336
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 40 nm
21.3x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 768 MB
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1236 vs 388
15.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 34500 vs 2272
30.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 240557 vs 7860
33.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 722.769 vs 21.445
39.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 72.795 vs 1.823
10x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 272.641 vs 27.222

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 12 July 2010
Core clock speed	2205 MHz vs 675 MHz
Texture fill rate	761.5 GTexel/s vs 37.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	9728 vs 336
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 768 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1236 vs 388
PassMark - G3D Mark	34500 vs 2272
Geekbench - OpenCL	240557 vs 7860
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	722.769 vs 21.445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	72.795 vs 1.823
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	272.641 vs 27.222

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

2x lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 320 Watt
2.6x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	160 Watt vs 320 Watt
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1236

388

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

34500

2272

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

240557

7860

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

722.769

21.445

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

72.795

1.823

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

272.641

27.222

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
PassMark - G2D Mark	1236	388
PassMark - G3D Mark	34500	2272
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6567	0
Geekbench - OpenCL	240557	7860
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	722.769	21.445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	72.795	1.823
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	272.641	27.222
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		617.847
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		40.61
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Fermi
Code name	AD103	GF104
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	12 July 2010
Place in performance rating	14	917
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Price now		$89.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		34.71
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz
Core clock speed	2205 MHz	675 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	40 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	761.5 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	48.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	48.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	9728	336
Pixel fill rate	280.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	761.5 GTexel/s	37.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	320 Watt	160 Watt
Transistor count	45900 million	1,950 million
Floating-point performance		907.2 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Triple-slot
Height	61 mm, 2.4 inches	4.376"(111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	310 mm, 12.2 inches	8.25"(210 mm) (21 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	6-pin & 6-pin
Width	140 mm, 5.5 inches
Bus support		16x PCI-E 2.0
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.1
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	768 MB
Memory bandwidth	716.8 GB/s	86.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI