Quadro2 Pro vs GeForce GTX 460 v2

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	606	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.36	no data
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name	GF114	NV15 A4
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	24 September 2011 (12 years ago)	22 March 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	no data
Current price	$235 (1.2x MSRP)	$100

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	336	no data
Core clock speed	779 MHz	200 MHz
Number of transistors	1,950 million	25 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	160 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	43.62	0.8
Floating-point performance	1,045.6 gflops	no 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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	210 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None

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	64 MB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz	500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	96.19 GB/s	8 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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	7.0
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.2
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.1	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	24 September 2011	22 March 2001
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	180 nm

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