GeForce3 Ti500 vs GeForce GTX 460 X2

Primary Details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Kelvin (2001−2003)
GPU code nameGF104NV20 A5
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date11 March 2011 (13 years ago)1 October 2001 (22 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$349
Current price$266 no data

Detailed Specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores336no data
Core clock speed701 MHz240 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million57 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)160 Wattno data
Texture fill rate39.261.920
Floating-point performance2x 941.5 gflopsno data

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 x16AGP 4x
Length292 mm183 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount1 GB64 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed3600 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth115.2 GB/s8 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 Connectors3x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI+no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)8.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.3
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.1no data

Pros & Cons Summary


Recency 11 March 2011 1 October 2001
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 64 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 150 nm

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