ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 vs GeForce GTX 460 OEM

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 460 OEM and Radeon HD 4850 X2, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 460 OEM
2010
1 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
3.01
+2.4%

GTX 460 OEM outperforms ATI HD 4850 X2 by a minimal 2% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking775783
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.15
Power efficiency1.390.81
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameGF104R700
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date11 October 2010 (14 years ago)7 November 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$420

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores336800
Core clock speed650 MHz625 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million956 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate36.4025.00
Floating-point processing power0.8736 TFLOPS1 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs5640

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 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length210 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed850 MHz995 MHz
Memory bandwidth108.8 GB/s63.68 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI4x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.1-

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 3.01 2.94
Recency 11 October 2010 7 November 2008
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 250 Watt

GTX 460 OEM has a 2.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between GeForce GTX 460 OEM and Radeon HD 4850 X2.


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