GeForce GTS 450 vs GTX 460

Place in performance ranking	558	689
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.97	0.31
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GF104	GF106
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	12 July 2010 (13 years ago)	13 September 2010 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$129
Current price	$128 (0.6x MSRP)	$127 (1x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 460 has 213% better value for money than GTS 450.

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 cores	336	192
CUDA cores	no data	192
Core clock speed	675 MHz	783 MHz
Number of transistors	1,950 million	1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	160 Watt	106 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	100 °C
Texture fill rate	37.80	25.1 billion/sec
Floating-point performance	907.2 gflops	601.3 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 support	16x PCI-E 2.0	PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	8.25"(210 mm) (21 cm)	8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
Height	4.376"(111 mm) (11.1 cm)	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 6-pin	6-pin
SLI options	+	+

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Memory bandwidth	86.4 GB/s	57.7 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 Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI	Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	Internal

API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.1	4.2
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	+

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 5.84
+71.3%

GTS 450 3.41

GTX 460 outperforms GTS 450 by 71% based on our aggregated 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 2263
+71.2%

GTS 450 1322

GTX 460 outperforms GTS 450 by 71% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 460 2570
+66.3%

GTS 450 1545

GTX 460 outperforms GTS 450 by 66% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GTX 460 7707
+56.6%

GTS 450 4923

GTX 460 outperforms GTS 450 by 57% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTX 460 27
+80%

GTS 450 15

GTX 460 outperforms GTS 450 by 80% in Octane Render OctaneBench.