GeForce GTX 460 OEM vs FirePro W5100

Place in the ranking	516	769
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	10.82	1.39
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	Bonaire	GF104
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	31 March 2014 (10 years ago)	11 October 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	768	336
Core clock speed	930 MHz	650 MHz
Number of transistors	2,080 million	1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	44.64	36.40
Floating-point processing power	1.428 TFLOPS	0.8736 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	32
TMUs	48	56

Form factor & 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 support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	171 mm	210 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Form factor	full height / half length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	850 MHz
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	108.8 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

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 Connectors	4x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
HDMI	-	+
StereoOutput3D	+	-
DisplayPort count	4	no data
Dual-link DVI support	+	-
HD сomponent video output	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.3	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	-	2.1

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	7.81	3.01
Recency	31 March 2014	11 October 2010
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	150 Watt

FirePro W5100 has a 159.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

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

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

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