GeForce RTX 5090 vs GTX 460M SLI

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking635not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameN11E-GSGB202
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 September 2010 (14 years ago)30 January 2025
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,999

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores38421760
Core clock speed675 MHz2017 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2407 MHz
Number of transistorsno data92,000 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data575 Watt
Texture fill rateno data1,637
Floating-point processing powerno data104.8 TFLOPS
ROPsno data192
TMUsno data680
Tensor Coresno data680
Ray Tracing Coresno data170

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 5.0 x16
Lengthno data304 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount2x1536 MB32 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz2209 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data1.79 TB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX1112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.4
CUDA+10.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 September 2010 30 January 2025
Chip lithography 40 nm 4 nm

RTX 5090 has an age advantage of 14 years, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 460M SLI and GeForce RTX 5090. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 460M SLI is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 5090 is a desktop one.


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