AMD Radeon R9 M375X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2

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Combined performance score

GTX 460 v2
4.83
+7.6%

GeForce GTX 460 v2 outperforms Radeon R9 M375X by 8% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking600616
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.350.16
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameGF114Tropo
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date24 September 2011 (12 years old)5 May 2015 (8 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data
Current price$235 (1.2x MSRP)$448
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 460 v2 has 119% better value for money than R9 M375X.

Technical specs

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 cores336640
Compute unitsno data10
Core clock speed779 MHz925 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1015 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)160 Wattno data
Texture fill rate43.6240.60
Floating-point performance1,045.6 gflops1,299 gflops

Size and 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 supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length210 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed4008 MHz1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth96.19 GB/s72 GB/s

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 (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 outputs
Eyefinityno data1
HDMI+no data

Technologies

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

AppAccelerationno data-
Endurono data-
FreeSyncno data1
HD3Dno data+
PowerTuneno data+
DualGraphicsno data1
TrueAudiono data-
ZeroCoreno data+
Switchable graphicsno data1

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)DirectX® 12
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL1.1Not Listed
VulkanN/Ano data
Mantleno data+
CUDA2.1no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 460 v2 4.83
+7.6%
R9 M375X 4.49

GeForce GTX 460 v2 outperforms Radeon R9 M375X by 8% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 460 v2 1871
+7.5%
R9 M375X 1741

GeForce GTX 460 v2 outperforms Radeon R9 M375X by 7% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 4.83 4.49
Recency 24 September 2011 5 May 2015
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 460 v2 and Radeon R9 M375X. The differences in performance seem too small.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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