Radeon RX 7900 XT vs GeForce GTX 460

Place in performance ranking	560	13
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.98	24.91
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	RDNA 3
GPU code name	GF104	Navi 31 XT
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	12 July 2010 (13 years ago)	3 November 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$899
Current price	$128 (0.6x MSRP)	$884 (1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 7900 XT has 2442% better value for money than GTX 460.

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	5376
Core clock speed	675 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	2000 MHz
Number of transistors	1,950 million	57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	160 Watt	315 Watt
Texture fill rate	37.80	804.4
Floating-point performance	907.2 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).

Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	8.25"(210 mm) (21 cm)	276 mm
Height	4.376"(111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 6-pin	2x 8-pin
SLI options	+	no data

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	20 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	320 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	20000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	86.4 GB/s	800.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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	Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.1
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
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 5.85

RX 7900 XT 74.47
+1173%

Radeon RX 7900 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 460 by 1173% 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 2264

RX 7900 XT 28822
+1173%

Radeon RX 7900 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 460 by 1173% 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

RX 7900 XT 63712
+2379%

Radeon RX 7900 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 460 by 2379% 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 7725

RX 7900 XT 186508
+2314%

Radeon RX 7900 XT outperforms GeForce GTX 460 by 2314% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

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 HD	16−18 −1225%	212 +1225%
1440p	10−12 −1350%	145 +1350%
4K	7−8 −1229%	93 +1229%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	5.85	74.47
Recency	12 July 2010	3 November 2022
Cost	$199	$899
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	20 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	160 Watt	315 Watt