AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2

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Combined performance score

GTX 460 v2
4.83

Radeon RX Vega 11 outperforms GeForce GTX 460 v2 by 13% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking600570
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.350.79
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code nameGF114Vega Raven Ridge
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date24 September 2011 (12 years old)26 October 2017 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data
Current price$235 (1.2x MSRP)$475
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX Vega 11 has 126% better value for money than GTX 460 v2.

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 cores336704
Core clock speed779 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1240 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)160 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate43.6261.60
Floating-point performance1,045.6 gflops1,760 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16IGP
Length210 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width192 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed4008 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth96.19 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data-

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
HDMI+no data

API support

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
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
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
RX Vega 11 5.47
+13.3%

Radeon RX Vega 11 outperforms GeForce GTX 460 v2 by 13% 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
RX Vega 11 2120
+13.3%

Radeon RX Vega 11 outperforms GeForce GTX 460 v2 by 13% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD24−27
−16.7%
28
+16.7%
1440p5−6
−20%
6
+20%
4K10−12
−20%
12
+20%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 4.83 5.47
Recency 24 September 2011 26 October 2017
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB System Shared
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 65 Watt

The Radeon RX Vega 11 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 460 v2 in performance tests.


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