GTX 460 SE vs RTX 3070 Mobile
General info
Comparison of graphics card architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters.
Technical specs
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core 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.
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on GeForce GTX 460 SE and GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
Memory
Parameters of memory installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.
Video outputs and ports
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. 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.
API support
APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.
Mining hashrates
Cryptocurrency mining performance of GeForce GTX 460 SE and GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile. Usually measured in megahashes per second.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE
CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture - an API for video card computing power usage in tasks different from 3D graphics processing. Can be used for physics simulation for instance)
PhysX (hardware acceleration of physical simulation engine named PhysX)
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
958.2% faster (about 10.5 times) in synthetic tests
Much newer (4 January 2021 vs 15 November 2010)
More pipelines (5120 vs 288)
Higher memory bandwidth (320 vs 108.8 GB/s)
Finer manufacturing process technology (8 vs 40 nm)
Lower power consumption (115 vs 150 watts)
So, GTX 460 SE or RTX 3070 Mobile?
Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, Technical City recommends NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile, since it shows better performance.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 460 SE is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile is a notebook one.
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