NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

440
Place in performance rating
243
15.30
Value for money (0-100)
7.86
Fermi
Architecture
Kepler
GF104
Code name
GK104
Desktop
Type
Desktop
12 July 2010 (11 years ago)
Release date
10 May 2012 (9 years ago)
$199
Launch price (MSRP)
$399
$119 (0.6x MSRP)
Price now
$127 (0.3x MSRP)
3.85
Value for money
20.35
GF104
GPU code name
GK104
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

336
Pipelines
1344
675 MHz
Core clock speed
915 MHz
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Boost Clock
980 MHz
1,950 million
Transistor count
3,540 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
160 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
37.80
Texture fill rate
102.5 billion/sec
907.2 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,459.5 gflops
no data
Maximum GPU temperature
97 °C
no data
CUDA cores
1344
336
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1344
no data
Boost clock speed
980 MHz
1,950 million
Number of transistors
3,540 million
160 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
170 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
8.25"(210 mm) (21 cm)
Length
9.5" (24.1 cm)
6-pin & 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
Two 6-pin
+
SLI options
+
16x PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
4.376"(111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Height
4.376" (11.1 cm)

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
768 MB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
256-bit GDDR5
3600 MHz
Memory clock speed
6.0 GB/s
86.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670, the size and number of monitors.

Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
Display Connectors
One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
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G-SYNC support
+
+
Multi monitor support
4 displays
+
HDCP
+
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
+
no data
GPU Boost
+
+
CUDA
+
no data
3D Gaming
+
no data
FXAA
+
no data
TXAA
+
no data
Adaptive VSync
+
no data
3D Blu-Ray
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.1
OpenGL
4.2
no data
Vulkan
1.1.126
no data
Shader Model
5.1
no data
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
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 $127 (0.3x MSRP))

Less power consumption (160 Watt vs 170 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (768 MB vs 2 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

13.79% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1344 vs 336)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

More memory bandwidth (192.2 GB/s vs 86.4 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 performance benchmarks comparison

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