GeForce RTX 2060 vs GTX 460 OEM

Place in the ranking	775	129
Place by popularity	not in top-100	20
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	40.81
Power efficiency	1.40	15.99
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GF104	TU106
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	11 October 2010 (14 years ago)	7 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$349

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	336	1920
Core clock speed	650 MHz	1365 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1680 MHz
Number of transistors	1,950 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	160 Watt
Texture fill rate	36.40	201.6
Floating-point processing power	0.8736 TFLOPS	6.451 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	48
TMUs	56	120
Tensor Cores	no data	240
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	30

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	210 mm	229 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x 8-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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	850 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	108.8 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	+	+
G-SYNC support	-	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	2.1	7.5

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 HD	9−10 −1211%	118 +1211%
1440p	5−6 −1340%	72 +1340%
4K	4−5 −1125%	49 +1125%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	2.96
1440p	no data	4.85
4K	no data	7.12

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

60−65

+0%

60−65

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	92 +0%	92 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	79 +0%	79 +0%
Battlefield 5	157 +0%	157 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	106 +0%	106 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Far Cry 5	114 +0%	114 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	128 +0%	128 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	205 +0%	205 +0%
Hitman 3	98 +0%	98 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	248 +0%	248 +0%
Metro Exodus	144 +0%	144 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	109 +0%	109 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	191 +0%	191 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	254 +0%	254 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	131 +0%	131 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	64 +0%	64 +0%
Battlefield 5	140 +0%	140 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	96 +0%	96 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Far Cry 5	91 +0%	91 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	95 +0%	95 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	194 +0%	194 +0%
Hitman 3	96 +0%	96 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	247 +0%	247 +0%
Metro Exodus	140 +0%	140 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	103 +0%	103 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	244 +0%	244 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	56 +0%	56 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55 +0%	55 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	71 +0%	71 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Far Cry 5	70 +0%	70 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	105 +0%	105 +0%
Hitman 3	81 +0%	81 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	120 +0%	120 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	73 +0%	73 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45 +0%	45 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	42 +0%	42 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	51 +0%	51 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%
Hitman 3	54 +0%	54 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	89 +0%	89 +0%
Metro Exodus	76 +0%	76 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	236 +0%	236 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	40 +0%	40 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	37 +0%	37 +0%
Hitman 3	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	104 +0%	104 +0%
Metro Exodus	52 +0%	52 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	51 +0%	51 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	28 +0%	28 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24 +0%	24 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	28 +0%	28 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Far Cry 5	25 +0%	25 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	59 +0%	59 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	17 +0%	17 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

This is how GTX 460 OEM and RTX 2060 compete in popular games:

RTX 2060 is 1211% faster in 1080p
RTX 2060 is 1340% faster in 1440p
RTX 2060 is 1125% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.01	36.68
Recency	11 October 2010	7 January 2019
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	160 Watt

GTX 460 OEM has 6.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 2060, on the other hand, has a 1118.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2060 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 460 OEM in performance tests.

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