AMD Radeon R7 250X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

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Combined performance score

GTX 460
5.83

General info

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

Place in performance ranking557556
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.960.60
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameGF104Cape Verde
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designno datareference
Release date12 July 2010 (13 years old)13 February 2014 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 $99
Current price$128 (0.6x MSRP)$207 (2.1x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 460 has 60% better value for money than R7 250X.

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
Core clock speed675 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1000 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)160 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate37.8038.00
Floating-point performance907.2 gflops1,216 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 support16x PCI-E 2.0PCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length8.25"(210 mm) (21 cm)210 mm
Height4.376"(111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors6-pin & 6-pin1 x 6-pin
SLI options+no 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 amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed3600 MHz1625 MHz
Memory bandwidth86.4 GB/s96 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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Multi monitor support+no data
Eyefinityno data1
HDMI++
HDCP+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
DisplayPort supportno data-
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Technologies

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

AppAccelerationno data-
CrossFireno data1
Endurono data-
FreeSyncno data1
HD3Dno data-
PowerTuneno data-
TrueAudiono data-
ZeroCoreno data-
DDMA audiono data+

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)DirectX® 12
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.14.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/Ano data
Mantleno data-
CUDA+no 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 5.83
R7 250X 5.85
+0.3%

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 2259
R7 250X 2268
+0.4%

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
R7 250X 2860
+11.3%

Radeon R7 250X outperforms GeForce GTX 460 by 11% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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 5.83 5.85
Recency 12 July 2010 13 February 2014
Cost $199 $99
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 80 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 460 and Radeon R7 250X. The differences in performance seem too small.


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