GeForce GTX 460 SE: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 5.19% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 4090.
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 460 SE sales 15 November 2010 at a recommended price of $160 . This is a desktop graphics card based on a Fermi architecture and made with 40 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 1 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.7 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 108.8 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm). 6-pin & 6-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 150 Watt.
General info
Some basic facts about GeForce GTX 460 SE: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
Place in performance ranking | 580 | |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
Value for money | 0.28 | |
Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | |
GPU code name | GF104 | |
Market segment | Desktop | |
Release date | 15 November 2010 (13 years ago) | |
Launch price (MSRP) | $160 | |
Current price | $350 (2.2x MSRP) | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Value for money
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Technical specs
GeForce GTX 460 SE's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 460 SE's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Pipelines / CUDA cores | 288 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
CUDA cores | 288 | |
Core clock speed | 650 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
Number of transistors | 1,950 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile) |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | of 4 (Radeon 780M) |
Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
Maximum GPU temperature | 104 °C | |
Texture fill rate | 31.2 billion/sec | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Floating-point performance | 748.8 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GTX 460 SE and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
Bus support | 16x PCI-E 2.0 | |
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
Length | 8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm) | |
Height | 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm) | |
Width | 2-slot | |
Supplementary power connectors | 6-pin & 6-pin | |
SLI options | + |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 460 SE: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
Memory type | GDDR5 | |
Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
Memory clock speed | 1700 MHz | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
Memory bandwidth | 108.8 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTX 460 SE. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
Number of display connectors | 2 | |
Display Connectors | 2 x Dual-Link DVI-I1 x Mini HDMI | |
Multi monitor support | + | |
HDMI | + | |
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
Audio input for HDMI | Internal |
API support
APIs supported by GeForce GTX 460 SE, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX | 12 (11_0) | |
Shader Model | 5.1 | |
OpenGL | 4.1 | of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090) |
OpenCL | 1.1 | |
Vulkan | N/A | |
CUDA | + |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 460 SE. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Benchmark coverage: 25%
GeekBench 5 OpenCL
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.
Benchmark coverage: 9%
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GTX 460 SE is Radeon HD 5850, which is slower by 1% and lower by 4 positions in our ranking.
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Similar GPUs
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