GeForce RTX 2060 vs GTX 460M

Place in performance ranking	706	122
Place by popularity	not in top-100	23
Value for money	0.34	21.02
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	N11E-GS	Turing TU106
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	3 September 2010 (13 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$349
Current price	$88	$397 (1.1x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 2060 has 6082% better value for money than GTX 460M.

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 cores	192	1920
Core clock speed	675 MHz	1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1620 MHz
Number of transistors	1,170 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	175 Watt
Texture fill rate	16.1 billion/sec	201.6
Floating-point performance	518.4 gflops	no data

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 460M and GeForce RTX 2060 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
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	229 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 8-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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	6 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	60.0 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	no data	+
G-SYNC support	no data	+

Technologies

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

VR Ready

no data

API support

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

DirectX	12 API with Feature Level 12.1	12
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	7.5

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 460M 3.19

RTX 2060 36.53
+1045%

RTX 2060 outperforms GTX 460M by 1045% 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 460M 1236

RTX 2060 14150
+1045%

RTX 2060 outperforms GTX 460M by 1045% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 460M 7507

RTX 2060 60454
+705%

RTX 2060 outperforms GTX 460M by 705% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 460M 1623

RTX 2060 27163
+1574%

RTX 2060 outperforms GTX 460M by 1574% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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 460M 1370

RTX 2060 19338
+1312%

RTX 2060 outperforms GTX 460M by 1312% 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 460M 4082

RTX 2060 70668
+1631%

RTX 2060 outperforms GTX 460M by 1631% 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:

900p	30 −900%	300−350 +900%
Full HD	39 −210%	121 +210%
1440p	6−7 −1167%	76 +1167%
4K	4−5 −1150%	50 +1150%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7

−967%

60−65
+967%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −1740%	92 +1740%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	79
Battlefield 5	7−8 −1971%	145 +1971%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −938%	135 +938%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −967%	60−65 +967%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −1960%	103 +1960%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −1920%	101 +1920%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −1456%	140 +1456%
Hitman 3	6−7 −1833%	110−120 +1833%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −1920%	101 +1920%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −1600%	102 +1600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −970%	107 +970%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −4950%	101 +4950%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −1460%	78 +1460%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	64
Battlefield 5	7−8 −1743%	129 +1743%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 −808%	118 +808%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −967%	60−65 +967%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −1880%	99 +1880%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −1840%	97 +1840%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −1356%	131 +1356%
Hitman 3	6−7 −1833%	110−120 +1833%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −1460%	78 +1460%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −1575%	67 +1575%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −833%	56 +833%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −860%	96 +860%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −1843%	136 +1843%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −4250%	87 +4250%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −1020%	56 +1020%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	55
Battlefield 5	7−8 −1600%	119 +1600%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −967%	60−65 +967%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −1780%	94 +1780%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −1660%	88 +1660%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −1067%	105 +1067%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −943%	73 +943%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −2150%	45 +2150%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −1167%	76 +1167%
Hitman 3	6−7 −1017%	65−70 +1017%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −420%	52 +420%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −4100%	42 +4100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −1650%	35 +1650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −800%	50−55 +800%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −3900%	40−45 +3900%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1300%	27−30 +1300%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −1220%	65−70 +1220%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −3750%	75−80 +3750%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −1600%	50−55 +1600%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1333%	43 +1333%
Hitman 3	3−4 −1100%	35−40 +1100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −114%	15 +114%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −2300%	24 +2300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	0−1	32

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −2700%	28 +2700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −2300%	24 +2300%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	12−14
Far Cry 5	4−5 −925%	41 +925%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −600%	42 +600%

This is how GTX 460M and RTX 2060 compete in popular games:

RTX 2060 is 900% faster than GTX 460M in 900p
RTX 2060 is 210% faster than GTX 460M in 1080p
RTX 2060 is 1167% faster than GTX 460M in 1440p
RTX 2060 is 1150% faster than GTX 460M in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 2060 is 4950% faster than the GTX 460M.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RTX 2060 surpassed GTX 460M in all 54 of our tests.

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	3.19	36.53
Recency	3 September 2010	6 January 2019
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	6 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	175 Watt