Radeon Instinct MI100 vs GeForce GTX 460 SE

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking622not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.18no data
Power efficiency2.35no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)CDNA 1.0 (2020)
GPU code nameGF104Arcturus
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date15 November 2010 (14 years ago)16 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$160 no data

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 cores2887680
Core clock speed650 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1502 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million50,000 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt300 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature104 °Cno data
Texture fill rate31.20721.0
Floating-point processing power0.7488 TFLOPS23.07 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs48480

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 support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length210 mm267 mm
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin2x 8-pin
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 typeGDDR5HBM2
Maximum RAM amount1 GB32 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed1700 MHz1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth108.8 GB/s1,229 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 connectors2no data
Display Connectors2 x Dual-Link DVI-I1 x Mini HDMINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)N/A
Shader Model5.1N/A
OpenGL4.1N/A
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 November 2010 16 November 2020
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 32 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 300 Watt

GTX 460 SE has 100% lower power consumption.

Instinct MI100, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 460 SE and Radeon Instinct MI100. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 460 SE is a desktop card while Radeon Instinct MI100 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE
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AMD Radeon Instinct MI100
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