GeForce GTX 460 768MB vs GTS 250

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Aggregated performance score

GTS 250
2009
1024 MB GDDR3
1.55

GTX 460 768MB outperforms GTS 250 by 183% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking927628
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.05no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameG92Bno data
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date4 March 2009 (15 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data
Current price$131 (0.7x MSRP)$149

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

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 cores128336
CUDA cores128no data
Core clock speed738 MHz675 MHz
Number of transistors754 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)150 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate47.2 billion/secno data
Floating-point performance387.1 gflopsno data

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)no data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors6-pinno data
SLI options+no data

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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1100 MHz1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth70.4 GB/sno data

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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVIno data
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.0no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/Ano data
CUDA+no 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 HD16−18
−194%
47
+194%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.55 4.39

The GeForce GTX 460 768MB is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 250 in performance tests.


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