GeForce GTX 460 768MB vs 1060 3 GB

Aggregate performance score

GTX 1060 3 GB
2016
3 GB GDDR5, 120 Watt
24.80
+468%

1060 3 GB outperforms 460 768MB by a whopping 468% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking202631
Place by popularity27not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.33no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGP106no data
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date18 August 2016 (7 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data
Current price$1112 (5.6x 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 cores1152336
Core clock speed1506 MHz675 MHz
Boost clock speed1708 MHzno data
Number of transistors4,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)120 Wattno data
Texture fill rate123.0no data
Floating-point performance3,935 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 3.0 x16no data
Length250 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount3 GBno data
Memory bus width192 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed8008 MHz1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)11
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan+no data
CUDA6.1no 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 HD270−280
+451%
49
−451%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 24.80 4.37

The GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 460 768MB in performance tests.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB
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