NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
VS
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
VS
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge). Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

440
Place in performance rating
1015
15.30
Value for money (0-100)
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Fermi
Architecture
Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge
GF104
Code name
Sandy Bridge
Desktop
Type
Laptop
12 July 2010 (11 years ago)
Release date
1 May 2011 (10 years ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
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$119 (0.6x MSRP)
Price now
$760
3.85
Value for money
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GF104
GPU code name
Sandy Bridge
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

336
Pipelines
6
675 MHz
Core clock speed
350 MHz
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Boost Clock
1100 MHz
1,950 million
Transistor count
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40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
32 nm
160 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
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37.80
Texture fill rate
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907.2 gflops
Floating-point performance
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336
Pipelines / CUDA cores
6
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Boost clock speed
1100 MHz
1,950 million
Number of transistors
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160 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge).

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
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8.25"(210 mm) (21 cm)
Length
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6-pin & 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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SLI options
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16x PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
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4.376"(111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Height
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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 Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
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768 MB
Maximum RAM amount
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192 Bit
Memory bus width
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3600 MHz
Memory clock speed
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86.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge), the size and number of monitors.

Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
Display Connectors
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Multi monitor support
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HDCP
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2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
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Internal
Audio input for HDMI
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HDMI
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Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) is the additional functionality.

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3D Vision
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CUDA
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge). Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1
4.1
OpenGL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) 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 Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
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

9.54% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($119 (0.6x MSRP) vs $760)

More pipelines (336 vs 6)

Advantages of Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

Finer manufacturing process technology (32 nm vs 40 nm)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 versus Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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