NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M485X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M485X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and AMD Radeon R9 M485X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

440
Place in performance rating
260
15.30
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Fermi
Architecture
GCN 3
GF104
Code name
Amethyst
Desktop
Type
Laptop
12 July 2010 (11 years ago)
Release date
14 May 2016 (5 years ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$119 (0.6x MSRP)
Price now
$2500
3.85
Value for money
0.72
GF104
GPU code name
Amethyst
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and AMD Radeon R9 M485X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

336
Pipelines
2048
675 MHz
Core clock speed
723 MHz
1,950 million
Transistor count
5,000 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
160 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
37.80
Texture fill rate
92.54
907.2 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,961 gflops
336
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
1,950 million
Number of transistors
5,000 million
160 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
250 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and AMD Radeon R9 M485X.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
8.25"(210 mm) (21 cm)
Length
no data
6-pin & 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
no data
Laptop size
large
+
SLI options
no data
16x PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
no data
4.376"(111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Height
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and AMD Radeon R9 M485X can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
768 MB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB MB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
3600 MHz
Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
86.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
160.0 GB/s
no data
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and AMD Radeon R9 M485X, the size and number of monitors.

Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
Multi monitor support
no data
+
HDCP
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and AMD Radeon R9 M485X is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
+
CUDA
no data
no data
Enduro
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and AMD Radeon R9 M485X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.1
OpenGL
4.6
no data
Vulkan
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and AMD Radeon R9 M485X graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon R9 M485X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
AMD Radeon R9 M485X
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
AMD Radeon R9 M485X
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
AMD Radeon R9 M485X
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
AMD Radeon R9 M485X
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
AMD Radeon R9 M485X
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

Cheaper ($119 (0.6x MSRP) vs $2500)

Less power consumption (160 Watt vs 250 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (768 MB vs 8 GB MB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 M485X

11.88% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2048 vs 336)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

More memory bandwidth (160.0 GB/s vs 86.4 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon R9 M485X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 M485X .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 versus AMD Radeon R9 M485X performance benchmarks comparison

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