GeForce FX 5900 vs GTX 460 SE

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	616	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.09	no data
Power efficiency	2.37	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name	GF104	NV35
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	15 November 2010 (13 years ago)	12 May 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$160	$399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	288	no data
Core clock speed	650 MHz	400 MHz
Number of transistors	1,950 million	135 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	no data
Maximum GPU temperature	104 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	31.20	3.200
Floating-point processing power	0.7488 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	4
TMUs	48	8

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).

Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	210 mm	218 mm
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	1x Molex
SLI options	+	-

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	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz	425 MHz
Memory bandwidth	108.8 GB/s	27.2 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.

Number of display connectors	2	no data
Display Connectors	2 x Dual-Link DVI-I1 x Mini HDMI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	9.0a
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.1	1.5 (2.1)
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	15 November 2010	12 May 2003
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	130 nm

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