GP106B vs GeForce GTX 460 v2

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking606not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.36no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGF114GP106B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date24 September 2011 (12 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data
Current price$235 (1.2x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores3361280
Core clock speed779 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,950 million4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)160 Wattno data
Texture fill rate43.62no data
Floating-point performance1,045.6 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 x16no data
Length210 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount1 GBno data
Memory bus width192 Bitno data
Memory clock speed4008 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth96.19 GB/sno data

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMIno data
HDMI+no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

PureVideo HDno dataVP8

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA2.16.1

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 40 nm 16 nm

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 460 v2 and GP106B. We've got no test results to judge.


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