NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB vs AMD FirePro W5100

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Combined performance score

FirePro W5100
7.78
+77.6%

FirePro W5100 outperforms GeForce GTX 460 768MB by 78% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking484626
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money2.87no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameBonaireno data
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date31 March 2014 (9 years old)no data
Current price$220 $149
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores768336
Core clock speed930 MHz675 MHz
Number of transistors2,080 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)50 Wattno data
Texture fill rate44.64no data
Floating-point performance1,428 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length171 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Form factorfull height / half lengthno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed6000 MHz1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/sno data

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors4x DisplayPortno data
StereoOutput3D1no data
DisplayPort count4no data
Dual-link DVI support1no data
HD сomponent video output1no data

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)11
Shader Model6.3no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2.131no data

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD80−85
+70.2%
47
−70.2%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 7.78 4.38

The FirePro W5100 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 460 768MB in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro W5100 is a workstation card while GeForce GTX 460 768MB is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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