ATI Radeon HD 4670 X2 vs GeForce GTX 460M SLI
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 702 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | N11E-GS | RV730 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 3 September 2010 (15 years ago) | 10 September 2008 (17 years ago) |
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 cores | 384 | 320 ×2 |
| Core clock speed | 675 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 514 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 118 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 24.00 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.48 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | no data | 8 ×2 |
| TMUs | no data | 32 ×2 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 64 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 128 KB |
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 size | large | no data |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2x1536 MB | 512 MB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 128 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 22.4 GB/s ×2 |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | no data | 4x DVI |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11 | 10.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | no data | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 September 2010 | 10 September 2008 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 55 nm |
GTX 460M SLI has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 38% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 460M SLI and Radeon HD 4670 X2. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 460M SLI is a notebook graphics card while Radeon HD 4670 X2 is a desktop one.
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