M54 vs GeForce GTX 460M SLI

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	601	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.41	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Ultra-Threaded SE
GPU code name	N11E-GS	M54
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	3 September 2010 (13 years ago)	no data
Current price	$149	$51

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	384	no data
Core clock speed	675 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	no data	107 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 460M SLI and M54 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size

large

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	no data
Maximum RAM amount	2x1536 MB	no data
Memory bus width	192 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	no data
Shared memory	-	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	no data	3.0
OpenGL	no data	2.1
OpenCL	no data	N/A
Vulkan	no data	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

40 nm

90 nm

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